Does every atari have this?

[Tr3vor]

I found that my atari had cobwebs on it after 3 days of sitting in the "extra room", so I took it apart to see if any spiders made it thier home. when I was in there, i found that the top said "Property of Atari" I don't think so... and it had a paper taped to the cpu box thing saying (I think) my atari's birthday. I'm wondering if this is normal for an Atari

 

[BDW]

Out of the several Ataris I have opened up, all of them have the little piece of paper. I dont remember the stamp, though.

[shadowdoggie]

The paper is normal, but where exactly are you seeing that stamp? I've never seen that. What type of unit is it?

[JingleJoe]

Yup mine has the peice of papper, with ancient useless selotape too but not the stamp ... perhaps yours was something special?

[Tr3vor]

The paper is normal, but where exactly are you seeing that stamp? I've never seen that. What type of unit is it?

 

Its a light sixer with speaker vents and a channel select switch. The stamp is on under the very top of the atari, a bit to the right from the cartrige port.

[+Random Terrain]

I didn't know that Zorro worked for Atari.

[JingleJoe]

The paper is normal, but where exactly are you seeing that stamp? I've never seen that. What type of unit is it?

 

Its a light sixer with speaker vents and a channel select switch. The stamp is on under the very top of the atari, a bit to the right from the cartrige port.

I knew they were for speakers! Sorry for the tangent but does anyone have any links to Atari history information about that?

 

[shadowdoggie]

The paper is normal, but where exactly are you seeing that stamp? I've never seen that. What type of unit is it?

 

Its a light sixer with speaker vents and a channel select switch. The stamp is on under the very top of the atari, a bit to the right from the cartrige port.

I knew they were for speakers! Sorry for the tangent but does anyone have any links to Atari history information about that?

 

 

If you search, you should be able to find a bunch of threads on the speaker vents and some of the history behind how they were to be used.

 

And, regarding the stamp, I think this Atari may have been a little special, because I've never seen that before on any Atari I've had in my possession.

Edited June 24, 2010 by shadowdoggie

[Tr3vor]

Sweet, my atari's special

[A-T-A-R-I]

Two of my 6ers have the "Property Of Atari" stamp. Could it be they stamped this in the promotional units that the stores used on display?

Edited June 25, 2010 by A-T-A-R-I

[Herbarius]

After seeing several of these threads I feel pretty bad for thoughtlessly removing that piece of paper from my Atari, when I opened it up the first time, and throwing it into the trash...

 

To my defense, I had no idea every Atari had this, for all I knew the previous owner put it in there for some reason unknown to me... It was almost an automatic "this doesn't belong here" reaction...

 

 

 

(no, it didn't have a stamp)

Edited June 25, 2010 by Herbarius

[Benzman66]

I always throw the piece of paper out when repairing them.

[JingleJoe]

My peice of paper doesn't have a date on it, just a number and a squiggle.

 

Additionally I googled about the atari speakers and found some good info here

[shadowdoggie]

My peice of paper doesn't have a date on it, just a number and a squiggle.

 

Additionally I googled about the atari speakers and found some good info here

 

More speaker info...

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/90798-2600-heavy-sixer-with-built-in-speakers/page__p__1105699__hl__2600%20speakers__fromsearch__1?do=findComment&comment=1105699

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/68994-heavy-sixer-or-not/page__p__848125__fromsearch__1?do=findComment&comment=848125

 

Early runs of the 4 switch systems had speaker vents too

[A.J. Franzman]

After seeing several of these threads I feel pretty bad for thoughtlessly removing that piece of paper from my Atari, when I opened it up the first time, and throwing it into the trash...

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(no, it didn't have a stamp)

Do you mean it was blank? Some of the imprints on these papers do seem to be more subject to fading than others.

 

 

I always throw the piece of paper out when repairing them.

Please stop doing that.

 

 

My peice of paper doesn't have a date on it, just a number and a squiggle.

That number probably is a date code. Some of these papers even have a date and time code, down to the second. Others have resisted attempts to decode them.

[A.J. Franzman]

Early runs of the 4 switch systems had speaker vents too

Yes, but only heavy sixers had speaker supports molded into the case bottom.

[Herbarius]

Do you mean it was blank? Some of the imprints on these papers do seem to be more subject to fading than others.

Yes, it looked blank, unless my memory is playing a trick on me.

[Zoyx]

I had not clue that the 2600 had stereo support until I did my A/V mod. Then noticed that noises were coming from different speakers. For instance, the Flash Gordon theme in Vanguard goes through the left channel. Call me easily amused, but I thought that was kind of neat to discover after all these years.

[SekOner]

I had not clue that the 2600 had stereo support until I did my A/V mod. Then noticed that noises were coming from different speakers. For instance, the Flash Gordon theme in Vanguard goes through the left channel. Call me easily amused, but I thought that was kind of neat to discover after all these years.

 

Yeah,i second that. who knew that Atari's had stereo support. i always second guessed myself when i would say "thats definitely for speakers,.....no no its for ventilation... nope speakers". crazy to find out all this time later that indeed they are for speakers.