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==Legacy== Atari created a number of prototypes of the Falcon040 (based on the more capable fully [[instruction pipeline|pipelined]], integrated-[[Floating Point Unit|FPU]], [[Motorola 68040]], and using a "microbox" case), but canceled it. The microbox case resembled the later Sony [[PlayStation 2]], right down to the ability to run it vertically or horizontally.<ref>Smith, Tony. [https://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/11/17/playstation_2_apes_ancient_atari/ "PlayStation 2 apes ancient Atari?"], ''[[The Register]]'', 1999-11-17. Retrieved on 2008-07-28.</ref> It is even referenced in the PS2 patent applications.<ref>{{US patent reference | number = D452688 | y = 1999 | m = 12 | d = 21 | inventor = Teiyu Goto | title = Arithmetic and control unit }} </ref> In 1995, the music company [[Emagic|C-Lab]] bought the rights to the Falcon hardware design and began producing their own versions. The Falcon Mk I was a direct continuation of Atari's Falcon030 with TOS 4.04. The Falcon Mk II addressed a number of shortcomings in the original design, making it more suitable to use in a recording studio (these were unofficially termed 'Cubase modifications') such as accepting Line-level audio in without the need for a pre-amp or mixer.<ref> {{cite magazine | magazine=ST Format | volume=68 | page=11 | last=Peers | first=Nick | date=March 1995 | title=Battle of the birds | url=https://archive.org/details/ST_Format_Issue_068_1995-03_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n18 }}{{dead link|date=September 2021}} </ref> The Falcon Mk X was mounted in a 19-inch 1U rack case, with external keyboard and space for internal [[SCSI]] hard disk drives.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lendino|first=Jamie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KkaoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA243|title=Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution|date=2019|publisher=Steel Gear Press|isbn=9781732355217|page=243}}</ref> Due to its expansion capabilities, several accelerators have been produced. Some of them overclock the CPU and/or the bus, while others upgrade the CPU to a [[Motorola 68060]].
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