Atari ST
E40956
The Atari ST is a 16/32-bit home computer line from the mid-1980s known for its advanced graphics and MIDI capabilities, popular in gaming, music production, and desktop publishing.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atari ST canonical | 21 |
| Atari STE | 5 |
| Atari 520ST | 3 |
| Atari Mega ST | 3 |
| Atari Mega STE | 3 |
| Atari 1040ST | 1 |
| Atari Falcon030 | 1 |
| Atari ST Shifter | 1 |
| Atari ST computers | 1 |
| Atari ST family | 1 |
| Atari ST hardware | 1 |
| Atari TOS | 1 |
| Atari TT | 1 |
| Atari TT030 | 1 |
| Atari computers | 1 |
| Atari mouse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T300005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atari ST Context triple: [Motorola 68000 family, usedIn, Atari ST]
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A.
Commodore Amiga 500
The Commodore Amiga 500 is a late-1980s home computer known for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities, making it popular for gaming, multimedia, and creative applications.
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B.
Commodore Amiga 1000
The Commodore Amiga 1000 is the first model in Commodore's Amiga line of personal computers, notable for its advanced multimedia capabilities, multitasking operating system, and pioneering graphics and sound for a mid-1980s home computer.
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C.
Commodore Amiga 3000
The Commodore Amiga 3000 is a high-end early-1990s personal computer in the Amiga line, notable for its advanced multitasking operating system, powerful graphics and audio capabilities, and use in professional video and multimedia production.
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D.
Commodore Amiga 2000
The Commodore Amiga 2000 is a late-1980s expandable personal computer known for its advanced multimedia capabilities, modular design, and popularity in video production and graphics work.
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E.
Commodore Amiga 4000
The Commodore Amiga 4000 is a high-end personal computer from the early 1990s Amiga line, known for its advanced multimedia capabilities, expandable architecture, and popularity in video production and graphics work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atari ST Target entity description: The Atari ST is a 16/32-bit home computer line from the mid-1980s known for its advanced graphics and MIDI capabilities, popular in gaming, music production, and desktop publishing.
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A.
Commodore Amiga 500
The Commodore Amiga 500 is a late-1980s home computer known for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities, making it popular for gaming, multimedia, and creative applications.
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B.
Commodore Amiga 1000
The Commodore Amiga 1000 is the first model in Commodore's Amiga line of personal computers, notable for its advanced multimedia capabilities, multitasking operating system, and pioneering graphics and sound for a mid-1980s home computer.
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C.
Commodore Amiga 3000
The Commodore Amiga 3000 is a high-end early-1990s personal computer in the Amiga line, notable for its advanced multitasking operating system, powerful graphics and audio capabilities, and use in professional video and multimedia production.
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D.
Commodore Amiga 2000
The Commodore Amiga 2000 is a late-1980s expandable personal computer known for its advanced multimedia capabilities, modular design, and popularity in video production and graphics work.
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E.
Commodore Amiga 4000
The Commodore Amiga 4000 is a high-end personal computer from the early 1990s Amiga line, known for its advanced multimedia capabilities, expandable architecture, and popularity in video production and graphics work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
home computer
ⓘ
personal computer ⓘ |
| architecture | 16/32-bit ⓘ |
| bitDepth | 16-bit data bus ⓘ |
| bus | Atari ACSI (hard disk interface) ⓘ |
| category |
1980s home computers
ⓘ
Atari ST self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Atari computers
|
| contemporaryWith |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Macintosh
Amiga ⓘ
surface form:
Commodore Amiga
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68000
|
| cpuArchitecture | Motorola 68000 family ⓘ |
| developer |
Atari, Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Atari Corporation
|
| generation | 16-bit home computer generation ⓘ |
| graphicsChip |
Atari ST
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Atari ST Shifter
|
| graphicsResolution |
320×200 color (low resolution)
ⓘ
640×200 color (medium resolution) ⓘ 640×400 monochrome (high resolution) ⓘ |
| gui | GEM desktop ⓘ |
| inputDevice |
joystick ports
ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ mouse ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Atari, Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Atari Corporation
|
| memoryType | DRAM ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
advanced graphics for its time
ⓘ
built-in MIDI ports ⓘ color graphics modes ⓘ high-resolution monochrome display mode ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early affordable GUI-based computing
ⓘ
widespread use in MIDI-based music studios ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Atari TOS
ⓘ
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) ⓘ |
| platformFor |
2D games
ⓘ
MIDI sequencing software ⓘ desktop publishing software ⓘ |
| primaryMarket |
desktop publishing
ⓘ
gaming ⓘ home computing ⓘ music production ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| soundChip |
Texas Instruments SN76489
ⓘ
surface form:
Yamaha YM2149F PSG
|
| storage |
3.5-inch floppy disk drive
ⓘ
external hard disk support ⓘ |
| successor |
Atari Falcon
ⓘ
surface form:
Atari Falcon030
Atari ST self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Atari STE
Atari TT030 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
game developers
ⓘ
graphic designers ⓘ musicians ⓘ |
| wordSize | 32-bit internal registers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Atari ST Description of subject: The Atari ST is a 16/32-bit home computer line from the mid-1980s known for its advanced graphics and MIDI capabilities, popular in gaming, music production, and desktop publishing.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Atari STE
this entity surface form:
Atari TT030
this entity surface form:
Atari Falcon030
this entity surface form:
Atari TOS
this entity surface form:
Atari TT
this entity surface form:
Atari ST computers
this entity surface form:
Atari ST Shifter
subject surface form:
Daimakaimura
this entity surface form:
Atari ST family
this entity surface form:
Atari STE
this entity surface form:
Atari mouse
this entity surface form:
Atari 520ST
this entity surface form:
Atari 520ST
this entity surface form:
Atari 1040ST
this entity surface form:
Atari Mega ST
this entity surface form:
Atari Mega STE
subject surface form:
Atari ACSI
subject surface form:
Atari ACSI
this entity surface form:
Atari Mega ST
subject surface form:
Atari ACSI
this entity surface form:
Atari STE
subject surface form:
Atari ACSI
this entity surface form:
Atari Mega STE
subject surface form:
Atari ACSI
this entity surface form:
Atari 520ST
subject surface form:
Atari ACSI
this entity surface form:
Atari ST hardware