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Atari had been working on the next
generation ST ever since the original design specifications for the
first ST were drawn up in 1984. The EST (Enhanced ST) as it was known in the
press, was the first prototype system of a machine which would become
the Atari TT030 in 1990.
The German magazine "DATA WELT" ran a
curious story in May 1986 under the headline "A New 32-Bitter".
Its sources said that Atari had a new machine in development with the
following specifications:
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CPU: |
Motorola 68020 |
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FPU: |
Motorola 68881/2 |
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Memory: |
4 MB |
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OS: |
Unix System V or TOS |
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Custom
chips: |
6 new custom chips, with
Blitter II and Shifter II |
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Price: |
$3,000+ |
In 1990, Atari prototyped another ST
variant, the 1040STE+. This was a standard 1040ST with an
additional AMD-386 CPU for running DOS and Windows compatible software.
A number of fully working prototypes were produced, along with the
1040STE+ name badge. It was never released.
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