electronizer Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Does anyone know the location of the Atari Taiwan factory? I'm headed there and would like to check out the site if possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Tam-Shui, Taipei also known as Danshui, Danshuei, Tamshui it's a small city to the north of Taipei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Don't forget to get some pics for us lot Safe journey... Paul.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 And check the dumpsters for injection moulds. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 And get all Atari stuff from ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 And careful of the street food... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Don't eat the Stinky Tofu.......Smells like a septic tank.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronizer Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 The street food at the night market is the best part! A bit of searching led me to this: http://tamsui.dils.tku.edu.tw/wiki/index.php/臺灣飛歌股份有限公司 Feeding the second paragraph into Google Translate gives this: In 1966 , the American company Philco to Danshui set up factories , the plant is located 31 Danshui Houchuwei in the National Road , the plant in transistor radios, clock radios, record players, stereo radio , black and white TV , color TV board and other electrical products manufacturing and assembly. Then I found this link that makes the connection between the Philco plant and the Atari plant: http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=124918&CtNode=103 Richard Krieger, vice-president and general manager of Atari's Far East operations, confirmed that the company has purchased the former Sylvania-Philco Taiwan Corp. plant c1ose to Tamsui on Taiwan's northeast coast. It makes sense that Atari would acquire a plant like this since it's already geared for electronics production. A bit of Google maps searching and I came up with this: https://www.google.com.tw/maps/place/No.+31,+Minzu+Rd,+Tamsui+District,+New+Taipei+City,+251/@25.1363659,121.4600202,3a,75y,357.68h,88.86t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sleHKKUou2ao0Nlv5Vewv6Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DleHKKUou2ao0Nlv5Vewv6Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D64.478271%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x3442af9d946e045f:0x559d8ab93cf22bdb!8m2!3d25.136607!4d121.4609779!6m1!1e1?hl=en My wife is from Taiwan, and my father in law knows this area well. We suspect that the factory is no more; the land is very valuable and the city has changed a lot since Atari was there. I'm still not sure I'm looking in the right place, but by amazing coincidence, one of my wife's aunties worked at the Philco factory back in the day and may have even worked there when Atari took over. I'm hoping I'll get a chance to ask her about it! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Street food yes. Stinky Tofu, NO!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuf Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 My wife is from Taiwan, and my father in law knows this area well. We suspect that the factory is no more; the land is very valuable and the city has changed a lot since Atari was there. I'm still not sure I'm looking in the right place, but by amazing coincidence, one of my wife's aunties worked at the Philco factory back in the day and may have even worked there when Atari took over. I'm hoping I'll get a chance to ask her about it! Nice detective work! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronizer Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Back from Taiwan and I miss the food already! I ended up both going to Tamsui (current spelling) and talking to my wife's auntie. Her auntie did indeed work at the Philco factory (in the incoming department), but it was in the early 70s and she left before Atari got there. She said there were several major TV manufacturers in the area, but that most, if not all, eventually sold the land to developers. Finally (sad news), she said the Philco plant was no longer there. For those who are interested, the plant was walking distance from the Zhuwei station on the Tamsui-Xinyi line of the MRT (Taipei's rapid transit system). From the train, I mostly saw high rise housing and commercial properties, though there were a couple of older looking, 34 story large square windowless buildings that might have been factories or warehouses. Unfortunately, I didn't get time to investigate more closely, nor did I find any 1200XLs at the local flea markets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 You win some, you lose some, glad you had a great time despite not finding the factory intact and now get down that gym to burn the extra cals off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) Perhaps the 34 story is a typo? Seems tall for a factory or warehouse. Glad you had a nice trip. Edited September 28, 2016 by SIO2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronizer Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) Perhaps the 34 story is a typo? Seems tall for a factory or warehouse. Glad you had a nice trip. Quite right! That should have been "3-4 story" buildings. Edited September 28, 2016 by electronizer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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