ST peripherals
MONITORS
The first ST monitors are the SC1224 (RGB) and SM124 (mono), which give super sharp images with no flicker. Each have a 12"d screen and 1 speaker built-in. Later came the SC1435 and the SM144 with 14" screens and stereo. Later released, the SM147 which was half-deep, had no speakers, and costs under $100
images___SC1224 ...... SM124 ........ SC1435 ........ SM144
FLOPPY DISK DRIVES
The single-sided SF354 drive save and retrieves 360K in MS-DOS compatible format or 400K in an exclusive Atari format. Released soon after, the double-sided SF314 drive offers 720K in MS-DOS compatibility mode and 800K in Atari mode. There were no 5¼" drives released for the ST series, as the smaller ones were sturdier and more reliable.
HARD DISK DRIVES
Since
1985, the SH204 20-megabyte hard drives took advantage of the
ST's built-in, high speed DMA channel. Later replaced by the
MEGAFILE series offering 30 and 60 megabytes storage and
complimenting the MEGA ST's case.
Also released by Atari, the MEGAFILE 44 removable hard drive which offered 44 megabytes storage per disk. (released 1987 ? ) MEGAFILE 44 removable
Other hard drive manufacturers: Protar, ICD (who makes the ACSI/SCSI adapter), and Gasteiner,
CD-ROM DRIVES and
OPTICAL DISK DRIVES
Atari used a CD-ROM with the 1040ST debut at CES in 1986, one of the world's first, showing an entire encyclopiedia set on a single disc. By 1991, most SCSI and SCSI-2 devices can be connected to to ST following the release of the Link, an external SCSI host adapter.
Floptical and magneto-optical optical drives can also be used on the ST, in both 3½" and 5¼" formats.
NEW : Image of the newer CDAR505 CD-ROM from Atari Corp.
PRINTERS
{released 1985} The Atari SMM804 graphics printer combines print styles, character pitches, and column widths while supporting the ST's high-resolution graphics mode.
The standard parallel printer interface is compatible with other manufacturers' printers, such as Star, Brother, Epson, & Canon.
1987, Atari Corp. released it's first laser printer; the SLM804. Later replaced with the SLM605. The laser printers used the ST memory rather than having internal RAM and gave far better graphics than any dot-matrix printers at prices at or below competitors' dot-matrix.
MODEM
Your link to the world, the Atari SX212 modem provides auto dial and auto answer features and operates at 300 or 1200 baud (which was common for the year 1985)
Other manufactures' released later modems and fax/modems up to 19200 baud for the ST.
coming soon...details of the ST ports, with pin descriptions.
