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* Much easier to upgrade RAM thanks to 30-pin [[SIMM]] slots. | * Much easier to upgrade RAM thanks to 30-pin [[SIMM]] slots. | ||
* Genlock support. | * Genlock support. | ||
* A much improved version of [[TOS]], with versions from [[2.0]], [[2.05]] and [2.06]] available in it's lifetime. | * A much improved version of [[TOS]], with versions from [[2.0]], [[2.05]] and [[2.06]] available in it's lifetime. | ||
* TT style case with detachable keyboard and base which also acted as a monitor stand. | * TT style case with detachable keyboard and base which also acted as a monitor stand. | ||
* Support for a 1.44Mb floppy drive, which was added to later models as standard. | * Support for a 1.44Mb floppy drive, which was added to later models as standard. | ||
Revision as of 21:30, 19 March 2008
The Mega STE was released in 1991 and was designed to replace the aging Mega ST design. The enhancements found in this machine were mostly a mixture of features from the standard STE and the TT designs and included:
- Software switchable CPU speed between 16Mhz and 8Mhz for enhanced compatibility.
- Increasing the colour palette from 512 to 4096, albeit while still only allowing 16 colours on screen at once.
- 8-bit DMA Stero sound output through RCA connectors.
- Much easier to upgrade RAM thanks to 30-pin SIMM slots.
- Genlock support.
- A much improved version of TOS, with versions from 2.0, 2.05 and 2.06 available in it's lifetime.
- TT style case with detachable keyboard and base which also acted as a monitor stand.
- Support for a 1.44Mb floppy drive, which was added to later models as standard.
- Internal SCSI hard drive support.
- Appletalk compatible network port.
- A VMEbus slot.
There were three models available with 1Mb, 2Mb and 4MB RAM. The 1MB model lacked the high resolution mono monitor and built in SCSI hard drive.