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In some markets, particularly Germany, the machine gained a strong foothold as a small business machine for CAD and Desktop publishing work.

Thanks to its built-in MIDI ports it enjoyed success as a music sequencer and controller of musical instruments among amateurs and professionals alike, being used in concert by bands such as Tangerine Dream and 90s UK dance act 808 State. Where the Amiga had custom processors which gave it the edge in the games and video market, the ST was generally cheaper, had a slightly faster CPU, and had a high-resolution monochrome display, ideal for business and CAD. This platform rivalry was often reflected by the owners and was most prominent in the Demo Scene. The ST was primarily a competitor to the Apple Macintosh and the Commodore Amiga systems. It was also the first home computer with integral MIDI support.

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It had an innovative single-chip graphics subsystem (designed by Shiraz Shivji) which shared the full amount of system memory, in alternating clock cycles, with the processor, similar to the earlier BBC Micro and the Unified Memory systems that have become common today. The Atari ST was the first computer with a fully bit-mapped color GUI. Although the Macintosh was the first widely available computer with a graphical user interface (GUI), it was limited to a monochromatic display on a smaller built-in monitor. It was similar to other contemporary machines which used the Motorola 68000, the Apple Macintosh and the Commodore Amiga. The Atari ST was a notable home computer, based on the Motorola 68000 CPU, with 512В KB of RAM or more, and 3ВЅ' floppy disks as storage.