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 Issue 1, August 1989 | |
| Editor | Nick Peers |
|---|---|
| Categories | Atari ST,Video games |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | August 1989 |
| Final issue Number | September 1996 86 |
| Company | Future plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Bath |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0957-4859 |
ST Format was acomputer magazine in theUK covering theAtari ST during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Like other members of theFuture plc Format stable -PC Format andAmiga Format, for instance, it combined software and hardware reviews with columnists, letters pages and acover disk.
The magazine was launched in 1989[1] when its predecessor, the short-livedST/Amiga Format was split into two separate publications. Most of the staff went on to work atST Format withAmiga Format essentially being a whole new magazine.
Later on, the magazine was kept alive by enthusiastic freelancers such as Frank Charlton and Andy Curtis, as well as dedicated staff writers and editors such as Clive Parker and Nick Peers.
ST Format continued publication until 1996, when production of the Atari ST andAtari Falcon computers was all but over. The final issue was published in September 1996, and was the eighty-sixth issue of the magazine. Fan sites for the magazine still exist on the internet, some featuring archives of features from the magazines.
The magazine encouraged backing up, or duplicating, the disk, which was formatted with 10 sectors per track instead of 9, to include more content on the disk. To facilitate the process a backup program was included on the disk in later issues, before then users were advised to back up the directories individually.[2]
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