atariwizard Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 http://cgi.ebay.com/ATARI-2600-AWARDED-FOR...A2%7C240%3A1318 let me know what you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 If that is real then Atari really WAS cutting corners! Any of us could have made one of those! I wonder if that system has ever been plugged in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 http://cgi.ebay.com/ATARI-2600-AWARDED-FOR...A2%7C240%3A1318 let me know what you think DO NOT POST EBAY LINKS IN THE 2600 FORUM! >moved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariwizard Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 oh sorry cpuwiz where can i post auctions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I agree. A four switch wood grain in a plastic box with a engraved thingy from "Things Remembered" doesn't seem too exciting to me. Very "reproducable" which equals yucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) I've never seen anything like that before! oh sorry cpuwiz where can i post auctions Auction Central Edited April 17, 2009 by Wickeycolumbus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariwizard Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 I've never seen anything like that before! oh sorry cpuwiz where can i post auctions Auction Central oh ok thanks Wickeycolumbus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Can't even get the plaque focused? Yeah, looks totally legit to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+poobah Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 For Jerry's sake, I hope it came with a big check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 If that is a full quote of the plaque, it seems odd that a sales award would not have a date or sales period included. Unless Jerry shows up with some sort of backup information, it seems like a difficult piece to authenticate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) Interestingly, a search on "Jerry Hayes" Atari finds this link to an old Atari phone directory: http://www.jmargolin.com/history/adir83.txt Parent page: http://www.jmargolin.com/history/ataridir.htm "I scanned the 11/08/83 telephone directory, used OCR to convert it to ASCII text, and then did a great deal of hand editing to correct the OCR errors. (There may still be some.)" The author of the page, Jed Margolin, appears to be a former Atari employee. That fits, given some of the other stuff, including Atari references, found on his pages: http://www.jmargolin.com/ Containing this entry: Sales Office 945 Concord #222, #223, #224 Framingham, MA 01701 Jerry Hayes (617) 879-0471 (Mr. Margolin seems like a guy that some of the folks around here must have encountered at some point, being Atari connected and the engineery type) Edited April 18, 2009 by BigO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Interestingly, a search on "Jerry Hayes" Atari finds this link to an old Atari phone directory:http://www.jmargolin.com/history/adir83.txt Parent page: http://www.jmargolin.com/history/ataridir.htm "I scanned the 11/08/83 telephone directory, used OCR to convert it to ASCII text, and then did a great deal of hand editing to correct the OCR errors. (There may still be some.)" Containing this entry: Sales Office 945 Concord #222, #223, #224 Framingham, MA 01701 Jerry Hayes (617) 879-0471 NOW I WANT THAT PIECE OF HISTORY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I happen to own the Atari Telephone Directory, I can back this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I happen to own the Atari Telephone Directory, I can back this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Sold for $157.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) Wow, that went high!!! CPUWIZ, I like that telephone directory....can you look up Nolan's # for me..... Edited April 19, 2009 by Wonder007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
else Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) Interesting web site. Some good information. But what's up with all the rants he goes off on? He has long rants against the patent office, AT&T, Costco, satellite companies, Nissan, hospitals, computer security, etc, etc, etc. Strange stuff. I hope I never cross paths with him....I think some other people probably wish they hadn't either.... Edited April 19, 2009 by else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisKoopa Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 jerry hayes is gonna be really upset seeing it go for such a low price...all that work he did just to get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Wow, that went high!!! CPUWIZ, I like that telephone directory....can you look up Nolan's # for me..... IF that was real, and I think it was. It was a steal. I wasn't watching it, but would have bought it, for that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Ugly sucker, I wouldn't want it even for half that. Maybe if it had a promo unit inside that was different cosmetically from a production unit, but that looks like an 8th grade shop class project, with a 2$ brass plate in the center. What's so special about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Ugly sucker, I wouldn't want it even for half that. Maybe if it had a promo unit inside that was different cosmetically from a production unit, but that looks like an 8th grade shop class project, with a 2$ brass plate in the center. What's so special about that? Part of the History, young man. I think it is great to own something, that was part of the Atari Sales History. IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariwizard Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 ok im going to post 2 pics here for historical reasons and for rom hunter to post the pics on his/her website if he wants to ok here they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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