One of the weird things that happened for Atari ST and E was the inbuilt MIDI interface. It got really popular in the music world for quite sometime.
But no matter what, the component architecture of the PC was bulldozing its way to kill ataris and amigas. Only Apple really survived that challenge, I think mainly because it had the education market somewhat cornered, but even then would have likely died if it wasn't for the ipod.
Both Commodore and Atari might ( especially Atari ) have had a good chance in the home market of game consoles.... but no.
But no matter what, the component architecture of the PC was bulldozing its way to kill ataris and amigas. Only Apple really survived that challenge, I think mainly because it had the education market somewhat cornered, but even then would have likely died if it wasn't for the ipod.
Both Commodore and Atari might ( especially Atari ) have had a good chance in the home market of game consoles.... but no.