2017 has been an amazing year for the retro computer community with an endless supply of books and documentaries on offer and of truely professional quality.
My newest instalment arrived today, 400 pages of stories, interviews and screenshots all enclosed in brilliant hardcover showing the history of one of my favourite computers of all time the Atari ST.
The Atari ST was a machine that I spent plenty of time with in the later half of the 1980s, learning to program in C, ST BASIC (not a fan of) and my favourite STOS.
In Australia where Commodore was King and the C64 had an amazing following who almost all turned to the Amiga at some point the ST was a very strong contender and with the full support of Atari Australia Pty Ltd was well supported for many years (unlike the earlier Atari 8bit line).
It is great to see the Atari ST getting it very own book, volume 1 and volume 2in production. I really look forward to finding a few hours over Christmas reading and taking in the history of this fantastic machine.
