Atari Transputer Workstation

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Atari Transputer Workstation
Also known asATW-800, ATW, Abaq
ManufacturerAtari Corporation
Typeworkstation
Release dateMay 1989; 35 years ago (1989-05)
DiscontinuedYes
Units shipped350[1]
Operating systemHeliOS
CPU20 MHz T800-20 Transputer
Memory4 MB of RAM (expandable to 16 MB)
GraphicsBlossom video system with 1 MB of dual-ported RAM
InputComplete miniaturized Mega ST acting as an I/O processor with 512 KB RAM

The Atari Transputer Workstation (also known as ATW-800, or simply ATW) is a workstation class computer released by Atari Corporation in the late 1980s, based on the INMOS Transputer. It was introduced in 1987 as the Abaq, but the name was changed before sales began.[2][3][4] Sales were almost non-existent, and the product was canceled after only a few hundred units were made.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ram1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Moran, Tom (12 October 1987). "Atari to Display Transputer Based Workstation at Comdex". InfoWorld. Vol. 9, no. 49. p. 6.
  3. ^ Mace, Scott (8 February 1988). "News:CPU Design:RISC Chips Promise Performance Boot". InfoWorld. Vol. 10, no. 6. p. 81. ...Atari's Abaq computer is based on the Inmos T0800 RISC chip...
  4. ^ Hebditch, David; Anning, Nick (28 April 1988). "Parallel thinking for powerful chip". New Scientist. Vol. 118, no. 1610. p. 54. ...The basic Abaq will cost between $4000 and $5000...