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                               520/1040 STe


The 1040 STe, released in 1990, was designed to expand upon the
capabilities of the 1040 ST. Many of the features added were geared
towards entertainment and multimedia applications. The 1040 STe was
shipped originally with TOS 1.06. The following features were added to
those of the basic ST:

   ° BLiTTER chip

   ° Extended color palette to support up to 4096 colors

   ° Support for horizontal and vertical fine scrolling

   ° Video GENLOCK capability

   ° Stereo 8-bit PCM sound

   ° Two extra joystick ports with support for paddles and light pens

   ° 256k Operating System in ROM

   ° SIMM memory slots to upgrade memory to 4 Mb