Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!umd5!bbourbin
From: bbourbin@umd5.umd.edu (Brett Bourbin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: What does ST stand for?
Message-ID: <4760@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 25 Apr 89 23:43:58 GMT
References: <1635@wasatch.utah.edu> <101079@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: bbourbin@umd5.umd.edu (Brett Bourbin)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Lines: 14

In article <101079@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>In article <1635@wasatch.utah.edu> (Wolfgang Sohrt) writes:
>>After discussing the meaning of "Atari", what does "ST" stand for?
>>Space Technology? Semi-Terrific? Super Trash? Sanct Tramiel?  8->
>
>Well if "TT" stands for ThirtyTwo (as in 32 bit processor) then ST
>must stand for SixTeen (as in 16 bit processor). XE stood for _Eight
>and XL stood for _Last. 

	My understanding was that "ST" stood for "Sixteen-Thirty Two",
as the 68000 is a sixteen bit processor with 32 bit data and address
registers.

	Well, my $.02.   8^)