sohrt@wasatch.utah.edu (Wolfgang Sohrt) (04/22/89)
After discussing the meaning of "Atari", what does "ST" stand for? Space Technology? Semi-Terrific? Super Trash? Sanct Tramiel? 8-> Please mail answers to sohrt@cs.utah.edu. I'll post the most interesting replys (and, maybe, the one and only correct meaning). -------------------------------------- Wolfgang Sohrt (The stuff above is my own ideas.) -------------------------------------- Einstein's hint: He who drives fast doesn't get old. (Seen on German car sticker)
kloppen@gmdzi.UUCP (Jelske Kloppenburg) (04/23/89)
Sixteen Thirtythree.
Kloppenburg@kmx.gmd.dbp.de
UUCP: kloppen@gmdzikloppen@gmdzi.UUCP (Jelske Kloppenburg) (04/23/89)
From article <1037@gmdzi.UUCP>, by kloppen@gmdzi.UUCP (Jelske Kloppenburg): > > Sixteen Thirtythree. > Excuse me please - I wanted to write Sixteen Thirtytwo Kloppenburg@kmx.gmd.dbp.de UUCP: kloppen@gmdzi
USQB015@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Mark Powell) (04/23/89)
ST stands for
Sixteen - Thirty two
The architecture of the ST's processor. Sixteen bit external, Thirty two
bit internal. i.e. can process thirty two bit numbers directly, but can
only access sixteen bits of memory at once.
Atari's new computer (?) is called a TT i.e.
Thirty two - Thirty two
This can handle thirty two bit numbers directly and also access thirty two
bit portions of memory directly.
Mark Powell
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USENET : mcvax!ukc!ibm.liv.ac.uk!usqb015sylvia.jumaga@canremote.uucp (SYLVIA JUMAGA) (04/25/89)
Okay, now that we know what ST and TT stand for, anyone know what the XE
and the XL of the 8-bit Atari machines stands for? How about the XF and
the XM of the new XF551 disk drive and the XM301 modem???
'Till later,
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UUCP: ...!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!sylvia.jumagaNETOPRHM@NCSUVM.BITNET (Hal Meeks) (04/25/89)
And I thought it stood for Sam Tramiel..... --hal
cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (04/26/89)
In article <1635@wasatch.utah.edu> (Wolfgang Sohrt) writes: >After discussing the meaning of "Atari", what does "ST" stand for? >Space Technology? Semi-Terrific? Super Trash? Sanct Tramiel? 8-> Well if "TT" stands for ThirtyTwo (as in 32 bit processor) then ST must stand for SixTeen (as in 16 bit processor). XE stood for _Eight and XL stood for _Last. Oh, and the question about "will the TT have a PMMU?" Assuming they really do use the 68030 (and everyone at Atari has always said they would) They get the PMMU for free, just like 80386 users. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "A most excellent barbarian ... Genghis Kahn!"
bbourbin@umd5.umd.edu (Brett Bourbin) (04/26/89)
In article <101079@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >In article <1635@wasatch.utah.edu> (Wolfgang Sohrt) writes: >>After discussing the meaning of "Atari", what does "ST" stand for? >>Space Technology? Semi-Terrific? Super Trash? Sanct Tramiel? 8-> > >Well if "TT" stands for ThirtyTwo (as in 32 bit processor) then ST >must stand for SixTeen (as in 16 bit processor). XE stood for _Eight >and XL stood for _Last. My understanding was that "ST" stood for "Sixteen-Thirty Two", as the 68000 is a sixteen bit processor with 32 bit data and address registers. Well, my $.02. 8^)
siebren@cwi.nl (Siebren van der Zee) (04/26/89)
In article <4760@umd5.umd.edu> bbourbin@umd5.umd.edu (Brett Bourbin) writes: > My understanding was that "ST" stood for "Sixteen-Thirty Two", >as the 68000 is a sixteen bit processor with 32 bit data and address >registers. Amazing, the National 32016 was called 16016 before they upgraded the bus width. Could this have anything to do with the ST? Maybe Atari first planned to build the ST around that chip? Siebren van der Zee, siebren@cwi.nl
fjmora@CS.WM.EDU (Fredric Mora) (05/09/89)
In message dated 26 Apr 89 11:06:25 GMT, Siebren van der Zee writes: >Amazing, the National 32016 was called 16016 before they upgraded the >bus width. Could this have anything to do with the ST? >Maybe Atari first planned to build the ST around that chip? > > Siebren van der Zee, siebren@cwi.nl I doubt that there is a relationship, but the ST engineering team actually considered for a while to build the ST around a NS chip, probably a 16016. It was mentined in an old interview published (I think) in ST-Magazine. Regards, Frederic Mora GEnie: The College of William and Mary F.MORA Dept. of Computer Science INTERNET: Williamsburg, VA. 23185 fjmora@cs.wm.edu USA ************************************************************************** * * * "Was uns nicht toetet, macht uns staerker." * * Friedrich Nietzsche * * What does not kill us makes us stronger * * * ************************************************************************** - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)... - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)... - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)...