2600 heavy in a light case

[SINGLE TOOTH]

Got this on Craigslist for $30. Came with some games a set of paddles and a video touch pad controller, with box.

I have heard reports of this. I opened the case of a 6 switch with the angles and found the guts of a heavy inside.

Is this kinda rare?

Does this qualify to register on the official heavy sixer serial thread?

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Edited March 30, 2008 by SINGLE TOOTH

[cosmosiss]

Neat! Does it have a channel select switch and hole in the case?

[Prodos8]

Looks like a typical light-sixer imo. What makes you think the internals are from a heavy sixer?

[SINGLE TOOTH]

Oh Nevermind. I must have been mistaken. I was under the impression that if it had the heavy shielding it woulld be a heavy sixer. Forgot the circuits are different.

 

Yes, there is a channel select switch with a hole on the bottom of case.

[SINGLE TOOTH]

Found this on Wikipedia. The picture caption is entitled, "internals of a heavy sixer." Looks similar to mine.

 

 

Source

 

Guess I am a little confused, I never saw the insides of a light sixer, I assumed it would be similar to a 4 switch.

Edited March 30, 2008 by SINGLE TOOTH

[A.J. Franzman]

Insides of Heavy Sixers and Light Sixers are mostly identical; the case is the difference. Some Heavy Sixers have no channel select switch (like the boardset shown above), but many do have it (thus there are actually two different Heavy Sixer case bottom styles -- one with the channel switch hole, and the earlier one which has matching vent slots on both sides). I don't remember if there are NTSC Light Sixers without the channel switch, but I think not.