My Vader was born April 1988.

[Atari Master]

I just rememberd. A while back I opened up my 2600 and it had an onlp piece of paper taped to the board saying the date it was made and all. What is this about?

[somePUNK]

are you sure thats not when it was fixed or something when i opened up my vader it had a pice of paper saying the date and what parts were replaced

[Atari Master]

Nope, my uncle gave it to me and it never was repaired in any way. And I think it has some other scribbling in it too.

[somePUNK]

crazy good luck with that mistery

[King Atari]

I've found these papers in some of my 2600's too. One was a common 4-switch woodgrain, the other was a 6-switch woodgrain (not heavy). If I remember right, both had the date of '81.

 

A Vader from '88? Very weird, since I think they were only doing Jr.'s at the time. Maybe they had a few old units left over?

[Atari Master]

Whoops! I ment 83. April 26, 1983.

[CrazyImpmon]

I've seen a number of 2600 with the paper taped inside from the heavy 6 swithcers to the Jrs but maybe 90% of them. The other 10% it may have gotten lost or removed at one time in it's life.

 

I think it may be more than just date, it may be part of the QC

[King Atari]

Whoops! I ment 83. April 26, 1983.

 

Well, that's a bit more reasonable .