The Atari ST had built in midi apparently which meant it had quite a following in the audio industry, this and its cheaper price point were its only redeeming factors when compared with the mighty Amiga 500.
I nearly bought one back in the early ninties, im really glad i went for the A500+, its a much more refined piece of kit
From a games perspective, the A500 had 32 (64) colours and the ST had 16. The ST's 68000 was clocked at 8 Mhz, whereas the Amigas was clocked at 7.12 ish. You could emulate an ST on an amiga 500 but you couldnt do visa versa on an ST, says it all really!
i could go on all day,
