Rees | Atari ST Launch & First Public Demo - Winter CES 1985 @ReesRambles | Uploaded January 2022 | Updated October 2024, 21 minutes ago.
Atari 130ST and 520ST first public demo from the Winter Consumer Electronics Show 1985, hosted in Las Vegas in January 1985.

In it the unknown announcer discusses the ST's TOS operating system and its desktop - GEM - including its original CP/M-68K underpinnings, which of course were replaced with GEMDOS shortly before release. There are a few interesting differences between the version demoed here and the final release, including the desktop icons which had to be changed due to a lawsuit from Apple.

This video seems to have vanished from YouTube so I decided to upload this segment for preservation.

Find out more about the history of Atari and specifically the 260ST here: youtu.be/SLmC5jWXTP8

Chapters:
00:00 Atari 130ST and 520ST Announcement - Power Without The Price
00:22 CPU, RAM & Video Technical Specs & Peripherals
01:02 GEM Desktop Demo & Feature Description
02:05 Atari ST MIDI & Music Production Capabilities
02:45 Atari ST Keyboard Features
03:03 Game Demo - Breakout Desk Accessory
03:54 Outro - Other Atari Hardware & Software On Show

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