Some of their home computers competed pretty well.<p>The Atari 8-bit series (400&#x2F;800) had a significant chunk of market share in the early 80&#x27;s. Not among the top three, but there were <i>so many</i> incompatible platforms in those days, and Atari 400&#x2F;800 was one of the more common and well-supported ones for sure. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;features&#x2F;2005&#x2F;12&#x2F;total-share&#x2F;4&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;features&#x2F;2005&#x2F;12&#x2F;total-share&#x2F;4&#x2F;</a><p>Then, the ST didn&#x27;t do so hot in the US, but here in Europe it was a well-known platform, nearly as popular as the Amiga. Roughly 75% of sold Atari ST&#x27;s were sold in Europe.<p>Most famously, nearly every recording studio you&#x27;d care to name would have ST&#x27;s in the control room well into the 90&#x27;s and in some cases early 00&#x27;s, due to their built-in MIDI capabilities.