Bryan Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I just got this 600XL in the mail. It's a UK PAL unit and it has a monitor jack and a keyboard I haven't seen before. Is this a common unit? The third picture compares the keyboard to the similar type I have several of here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Looks like the better keyboard, no mylar Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Looks like the better keyboard, no mylar Jay Yeah it uses a PCB, but it's worse to type on than the one I showed on the right. The keys are somewhat wobbly, and can be leaned from side to side almost like a joypad. If you don't press directly down on them, they can bind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 It's pretty much the same as the one I've got, including lesser quality version of the stepped keyboard. The strange thing about mine - it's got the 800XL OS. Main difference is the normal 600XL OS would coldstart right away if you took the cartridge out, 800XL and later OS versions just lock up the machine and coldstart when you hit Reset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Interesting. I don't think any of the US units have a monitor port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kogden Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I heard all the PAL 600XL's had a monitor port. I've never seen an NTSC 600XL with a monitor port. If I recall, it's composite only though, no chroma/luma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) Looks like a standard 800xl key board, if you goto Atarimania and download the 800Xl manual that came with the 800XL you will see its the same keyboard ( UK version I think) Just checked the 600XL manual shows same key board, but the monitor jack is where the TV channels switch is normally shown ( US Version) Edited March 2, 2012 by Welsh Wizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Looks like a normal PAL 600XL to me... sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Not too rare. I have 2 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 all pal 600s had the monitor port, and most had the alps keyboard. Unfortunately you didn't get the alps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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