The Atari 520ST was Atari's first 16-bit salvo in the personal computer wars of the 1980s. A new book by ExtremeTech Editor-in-Chief Jamie Lendino shows the tremendous influence the ST had on both ...

It may seem strange today, but there was a time when Atari made cutting-edge computers. That’s right–the company sold modern computers with mice, MIDI inputs, hard drives, and high-resolution ...

Desktop environments are the norm as computer interfaces these days, but there was once a time when they were a futuristic novelty whose mere presence on a computer marked it out as something special.

This article was taken from the September 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content ...

In 1979, Atari released the Atari 400 and 800, groundbreaking home computers that included custom graphics and sound chips, four joystick ports, and the ability to run the most advanced home video ...

On a semi-holiday like today’s Martin Luther King Jr./Inauguration Day, the story of a venerable brand like Atari filing for bankruptcy is making a decent splash all over the media. Many of these ...

An early personal computer series from Atari. Introduced in 1985 to compete with Apple's Mac, the ST was the first home computer to include MIDI musical instrument ports. Popular with musicians ...