Manufacturer Atari Units shipped estimated 35,000+ | Discontinued 1991 Operating system | |
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Release date September 1989; 27 years ago (1989-09) Introductory price US$2,299 (equivalent to $4,442 in 2016) |
The STacy was a portable version of the Atari ST.
Contents
Originally designed to operate on 12 standard C cell flashlight batteries for portability, when Atari finally realized how quickly the machine would use up a set of batteries (especially when rechargeable batteries of the time supplied insufficient power compared to the intended alkalines), they simply glued the lid of the battery compartment shut.
The STacy has features similar to the Macintosh Portable, a version of their Macintosh computer which contained a built in keyboard and monitor.
Thanks to its built-in MIDI, the STacy enjoyed success for running music-sequencer software and as a controller of musical instruments among both amateurs and well-known musicians.
History
The Stacy was a global project, design work was carried out in the Sunnyvale HQ, Cambridge UK, final PCB board layouts where produced by Atari in Japan, which is where the first units were manufactured, with final manufacturing occurring in Taiwan
The distinctive sculptured charcoal-gray case was designed by Ira Velinsky — Atari's chief Industrial Designer.
Models
There are 4 STacy Models
OS
While the STacy shipped with Atari TOS 1.04 operating system, it was capable of unofficially supporting TOS 2.06, MiNT and MagiC.
Specifications
Atari STacy in pop culture
The STacy appears in the following films: