Unsure about Heavy Sixer

[mathflicks2901]

Hello everyone! I am enjoying the new heavy sixer I got about a year ago, but it still seems kind of strange to me. Not only does it have a orange color to both the woodgrain and lining around the control switches, but it also has a light sixer motherboard. (This is shown in one of the two images below.) Why is this the case? Also, the console did not include a serial number sticker, so I have little to no idea about its original manufacture location. The only clue I have (hinting at its origin) is the "Richey 2200UF-16V" circuit part shown below in one of the attached images. The bottom of the part reads "Taiwan". Was the console manufactured in Taiwan? Is that why it looks so different to other heavy sixers? Thank you for replying!

 

 

mathflicks2901

 

(Real name) Matt S.

[racerx]

With a July 30 1979 stamp that's not a Heavy.

 

[edit] Actually, my Old Timers is acting up. I think the lights started in '80. They did switch the internals a little later in the heavy sixer run

[accousticguitar]

Pics of it assembled would be best.

[mathflicks2901]

Accousticguitar,

 

I will attach an image of it assembled. Here it is:

 

(PS: Sorry its upside down. I can't rotate it to its correct position)

Edited August 15, 2018 by mathflicks2901

[mathflicks2901]

Also, racerx, I will provide a clearer image of the heavy sixer motherboard. The date says "1978", not 1979.

 

PS I can't rotate it to the correct position within this reply. Sorry! You can download the image and rotate it on your computer.

[mathflicks2901]

With a July 30 1979 stamp that's not a Heavy.

 

[edit] Actually, my Old Timers is acting up. I think the lights started in '80. They did switch the internals a little later in the heavy sixer run

Also, racerx, I will provide a clearer image of the heavy sixer motherboard. The date says "1978", not 1979.

PS I can't rotate it to the correct position within this reply. Sorry! You can download the image and rotate it on your computer.

[mathflicks2901]

Pics of it assembled would be best.

Accousticguitar,

I will attach an image of it assembled. Here it is:

(PS: Sorry its upside down. I can't rotate it to its correct position)

[almightytodd]

 

There you go...

[mathflicks2901]

heavySixer?.jpg

 

There you go...

Thanks almightytodd.

[accousticguitar]

That is a heavy sixer all right.

[chas10e]

I think it's the Taiwan H6 (still an H6 so cool IMHO )

 

there is a notch on bottom for channel selector switch

 

I went looking for a post I made in the serial # thread & my post was gone

 

anyways found the photo comparing a couple of mine

 

[mathflicks2901]

I think it's the Taiwan H6 (still an H6 so cool IMHO )

 

there is a notch on bottom for channel selector switch

 

I went looking for a post I made in the serial # thread & my post was gone

 

anyways found the photo comparing a couple of mine

 

Oh cool! I only have one heavy sixer. I guess you're right, it must be a Taiwan console. Mine didn't come with any serial number sticker.

[high voltage]

What's that 99 7190021 4 number, the serial?

Anyways, needs a good cleaning and then you're good to go.

I still need a heavy sixer.....dreams

[Swami]

Hello everyone! I am enjoying the new heavy sixer I got about a year ago, but it still seems kind of strange to me. Not only does it have a orange color to both the woodgrain and lining around the control switches, but it also has a light sixer motherboard. (This is shown in one of the two images below.) Why is this the case? Also, the console did not include a serial number sticker, so I have little to no idea about its original manufacture location. The only clue I have (hinting at its origin) is the "Richey 2200UF-16V" circuit part shown below in one of the attached images. The bottom of the part reads "Taiwan". Was the console manufactured in Taiwan? Is that why it looks so different to other heavy sixers? Thank you for replying!

 

 

mathflicks2901

 

(Real name) Matt S.

 

Do you have the box? It may be a factory refurb or Atari may have used a stock shell left over from old heavy sixer inventory on when they were making the new light sixer … no use in them throwing them out. I've seen mismatched units similar to this before.

[mathflicks2901]

 

Do you have the box? It may be a factory refurb or Atari may have used a stock shell left over from old heavy sixer inventory on when they were making the new light sixer … no use in them throwing them out. I've seen mismatched units similar to this before.

Hi Swami! Unfortunately, I do not have the original box. I purchased the heavy sixer off of Ebay without a box or manual. Console only.

[BassGuitari]

With a July 30 1979 stamp that's not a Heavy.

 

[edit] Actually, my Old Timers is acting up. I think the lights started in '80. They did switch the internals a little later in the heavy sixer run

 

Light Sixers appeared starting in 1978-79. The 4-switch systems came out in '80.

 

Re: Heavy Sixers with Light Sixer boards and/or parts and components: production of the two models overlapped for a time as Atari used up heavy sixer components (namely cases) while shifting to the light sixer and moving manufacturing to Taiwan. "Frankensixers" and mix-n-match system sets--H6ers boxed with combinations of standard CX40s instead of CX10s, standard text-label Combat instead of 01 Combat, black power adapters instead of gray, etc.--are not unheard of.

 

(Weirdly, though, I don't think I've ever seen it the other way around--that is, a Light Sixer with H6 board, CX10s, etc.--but if there's one thing I've learned about the wide world of Atari in my 20 years of retrogaming and collecting...it's to never say never. )

 

Related sidebar: One thing to keep in mind that I think a lot of people may forget is that production, distribution, and retail availability of one model didn't suddenly stop when the next revision came out. Phasing out old models takes time, for both manufacturers and retailers. Sixers are a good case in point, being available into the early '80s even while 4-switches took over (mainly L6s but I imagine some H6s were still out there until at least 1980 as well). Similarly, 4-switch woodies were still amply available after the Vader model came out, which itself probably didn't fade out completely until '86 or '87 (Atari Corp. sold Vaders alongside 2600jr. systems until they ran out).