Atari 5200 Guy Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 I was watching a video on volcanoes and spotted an ST being used. It's at the 16:30 mark. Keatah, DegasElite, RickR and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Yes! I love it. They are using an ST for sure. Chalk one up for retro. :O) Keatah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Not sure if it is a 520 or 1040 but it is either an F or FM. I didn't see, or I missed, the Jaguar controller ports. And I don't think that the video was that old. Maybe mid to late 2000s. DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebpehtira Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Guessing they use some pretty specific / esoteric software for the experiments that is really hard/impossible to replace, so the Atari soldiers on! 👍 Not sure where the researchers were from, but Ataris were quite common in universities in Germany and eastern Europe more generally in the 80s and 90s, so might well be a legacy of that. I remember seeing quite a few TTs and Mega ST/STes kicking around Uni Hamburg in the mid-90s. I really hope the software they're using is preserved somewhere accessible - it'd be great to see more of how Ataris were (and still are!!!) used in research and academia 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 3 hours ago, Nebpehtira said: Guessing they use some pretty specific / esoteric software for the experiments that is really hard/impossible to replace, so the Atari soldiers on! 👍 Not sure where the researchers were from, but Ataris were quite common in universities in Germany and eastern Europe more generally in the 80s and 90s, so might well be a legacy of that. I remember seeing quite a few TTs and Mega ST/STes kicking around Uni Hamburg in the mid-90s. I really hope the software they're using is preserved somewhere accessible - it'd be great to see more of how Ataris were (and still are!!!) used in research and academia 🙂 Atari STs were used in local law enforcement here to help find criminals. I wonder why they never made it to my area? And by that I mean my part of the country. If I would have had one of those instead of my 386 I would have been content as long as I could find software for it. I would have missed out on those PC shareware games from id software though. Still, it would have been an interesting ride. Doing my schoolwork on an Atari would have probably been more interesting than your run of the mill PC. MistaMaddog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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