FABombjoy

quote: Originally posted by : If you plug the power supply into the back of the console and not the RF switchbox then you have a factory modified unit. The holes were drilled into the housing and the board modified. If you still use the old RF box that the power plugs into then you have one of the rare universal board 4 ports that can use the VCS adapter to play 2600 games, IMHO the best 5200 to own. The casing is actually unmodified, it is a factory cast. Perhaps the bottom is from a 2-port model... I've never inspected a 2-port up close. There are some apparently hand done soldiering connections inside. Basically, I originally had a 4 port (back when they were new). Sometime around '86, the switchbox busted, and I called Atari. I sent in the old 4 port, and got this new one. Since there is no * in the serial number, I'm not sure if it is compatible with the 2600 adapter or not. It may be some frankenstien 5200 put together from a back stock of parts, and a tech did the power mod... tough to tell, really. Kinda neat, tho.

Hello all, I'm new here, so forgive if this has been covered before... I have an odd 4 port that I haven't been able to find any info on. It has 4 ports, but has the 2 port power and RF type hookups. S/N is A175 2169783. Has anybody else seen a 5200 like this before? Thanks for any info -Luke

Hello all, I'm new here, so forgive if this has been covered before... I have an odd 4 port that I haven't been able to find any info on. It has 4 ports, but has the 2 port power and RF type hookups. S/N is A175 2169783. Has anybody else seen a 5200 like this before? Thanks for any info -Luke