STacy

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The STacy was a portable version of the Atari ST. Originally designed to operate on 12 standard C cell flashlight batteries for portability, when Atari finally realized how quickly the machine would use up a set of batteries (especially when rechargeable batteries of the time supplied insufficient power compared to the intended alkalines), they simply glued the lid of the battery compartment shut. It has features similar to the Macintosh Portable... more
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Introduced:

  • 1989

Also known as:

  • Atari Stacy

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