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Dutch Legend has Been Running his Campsite Since 1986 Using an Atari ST

posted by martyb on Sunday October 03 2021, @05:39PM   Printer-friendly

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Dutch legend has been running his campsite since 1986 using an Atari ST:

If there's one thing YouTuber Viktor Bart likes, it's retro computers: his channel is dedicated to videos about building old machines, their functions, cool oddities, and just generally the joy of these beige things. Even Mr. Bart, however, was surprised by what he found in Koningsbosch, in the Dutch province of Limburg: a campsite that's been run since 1986 on an Atari ST.

[Ed note: Is there anybody here who has an Atari ST? Please share your experience in the comments.

I bought its predecessor, an Atari 800, in 1980. Even got an expansion cartridge to boost memory from the on-board 8 KB RAM. Yes, I spent countless hours playing Star Raiders. It was not as capable as the Atari ST, but it was a fun system that booted up instantly!]

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  • (Score: 2) by Spamalope on Monday October 04 2021, @02:26AM

    by Spamalope (5233) on Monday October 04 2021, @02:26AM (#1184012) Homepage

    The keyboard is indeed a spongy mess. The mega detachable keyboard was at least a bit better.
    Gem: If you loaded TurboST it replaced the code for some of the OS graphics routines for a significant performance boost. Not perfect, but no longer too annoying.

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