ATARI 410 EARLY or PROTO MODEL ?

[fibrewire]

Hello there, does anybody know anything about this particular 410 Tape Recorder ??

 

Is it a proto?

 

Let me know, Iratasan

 

Judging by the picture in the catalog, it appears that a temperature probe would go into each end of Rabbit A and Rabbit B, which in turn was connected to the Atari lab. A cassette of 'Conversational French' would play, and as the rabbits reacted to the video & language tape, the results from the temperature probes would be simultaneously recorded onto Floppy A and Floppy B of the Atari 815. Production of the Atari 815 would be halted, as Atari management would never want to see dual rabbit experiments performed again. Atari would, however, sanction one-rabbit-at-a-time testing, as specified by the O-R-A-A-T section of humane society laws of 1980.

 

Time to get some much needed sleep.

[iratasan]

 

Time to get some much needed sleep.

 

Def need some!

[Rhod]

good price !!!

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250825185937

[fibrewire]

Now that I see how nice an item that is, I wonder how hard it is to obtain one of those in nice condition?

[Rhod]

sold

who bought it?

[fibrewire]

sold

who bought it?

I don't know, but I saw that link within 5 minutes of you posting it, and the 410 was already gone

[+wood_jl]

They're sort of rare, but not absolutely.

 

I wanted one, since it was my first-ever computer peripheral (this old version).

 

Got one in March, same $10.

 

 

 

Just keep looking and one will pop up for $10.

[Rhod]

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 110692470168

 

not rare

[Bryan]

Now that I see how nice an item that is, I wonder how hard it is to obtain one of those in nice condition?

Ah Ha! Proof that some had power bricks and some had captive cords!

[+wood_jl]

Not rare, but "much less common" than the later 410. Not expensive, either. I suppose "rare" would imply "expensive" but "much less common" would imply one out of twenty 410s you see on Ebay will be this model.

 

Fortunately, a consistent $10 value eliminates "rare."

[Rhod]

next challenge, find this

http://www.rhod.fr/pages/410proto.html

[Rhod]

in UK eBay Auction -- Item Number: 150612553474

[lbaeza]

next challenge, find this

http://www.rhod.fr/pages/410proto.html

 

I'ts up on Ebay right now:

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250884756169

 

Here's the pic:

 

 

Regards

[Bryan]

Looks like a regular HK 410 to me.

[lbaeza]

Yeah....you're right...That was because it's missing my collection...

Sorry about that.

 

Regards

Edited September 5, 2011 by lbaeza

[Rhod]

who won ?

e***387

[Zedex]

Which version is better? I've heard some bad things about the reliability of the later 410. I agree with wood_jl, the 1010 is a beast. It's so well made, and reliable by computer cassette recorder standards.

[Rybags]

The buttons on the 1010 self destruct in weeks. The design of the thing means there's way too much leverage exerted on the little plastic fingers.

[Bryan]

There are two versions of the 1010. One is made by Chelco (silver window sticker) and the other by Sanyo (orange). I'm not sure which one has the button problem.

[mimo]

Xc12 is the best imho

[+kheller2]

From the FAQ:

 

- "410P" version (rare). Karl Heller writes:

"It came in the white 410 box with an Atari yellow/orange paper slip

stating which power supply to use with it." - This is probably the one we are seeing here in this thread.

 

1010 Program Recorder

- Chelco version has Stop/Eject, then Pause buttons

- Sanyo version has Pause, then Stop/Eject buttons

 

 

[Zedex]

The buttons on the 1010 self destruct in weeks. The design of the thing means there's way too much leverage exerted on the little plastic fingers.

 

Could you post a picture of yours? I want to know which mechanism (Sanyo or Chelco) has that problem, that way I can look out for that.

[Bryan]

The buttons on the 1010 self destruct in weeks. The design of the thing means there's way too much leverage exerted on the little plastic fingers.

 

Could you post a picture of yours? I want to know which mechanism (Sanyo or Chelco) has that problem, that way I can look out for that.

I think the Chelco (Hong Kong) one has the weak buttons.

[svenski]

From memory it was like Bryan said, the 1010s with the silver stickers that were more prone to the play buttons breaking, people used to end up swapping the play and pause buttons.

[kenfused]

From memory it was like Bryan said, the 1010s with the silver stickers that were more prone to the play buttons breaking, people used to end up swapping the play and pause buttons.

And then after the promoted pause button breaks, the fast forward button