Atari 2000 unit. What would you do?

[Buyatari]

I bought an Atari 2000 for $2000.00. The unit was a childhood toy and has wear. Worse yet the second controller is intermittent at best. Now, I can send it back and get my money back BUT I may never see another.

 

What do you think?

Adam

[CPUWIZ]

Keep it and send me my reward.

[Godzilla]

fix the controller maybe?

 

and uhm whats an atari 2000? pictures/url/etc anywhere?

if it was $2g large I'm assuming it's some unreleased hardware or something?

[Marco]

Send it back so I beat you at Atari 2600 proto hardware again

 

 

 

Serioulsy, sorry to hear it's not what you had hoped/paid for. I would keep it, and keep on searching for another one and sell this one when you've found one more. They're out there and since the number of people willing to pay the prices you can, is very small, I'm sure you'll be able to get another one.

 

Cheers,

Marco

[MegaManFan]

I wouldn't part with it if I was you. Repair, maybe. Get a small refund, perhaps. Keep the sucka though.

[Buyatari]

Marco what proto hardware do you have?

 

Adam

[MegaManFan]

Marco what proto hardware do you have?

 

Adam

 

A better question might be what DOESN'T Marco have.

[Godzilla]

so can anyone tell me what it is ? photos/url/etc???

[CPUWIZ]

Have you ever used the search function before.

 

http://www.atarimuseum.com/a2000.html

[Lemmi]

Marco what proto hardware do you have?

 

Adam

 

 

heh of buyatari's 150 posts i bet 60 of them are double posts

[CPUWIZ]

What double post ?

[Marco]

Marco what proto hardware do you have?

 

Adam,

 

CX2000, 2700 and Mindlink (not the fancy mock-up tho).

 

Cheers,

Marco

[Buyatari]

heh of buyatari's 150 posts i bet 60 of them are double posts  

 

Yeah I need to upgrade to one of them there PC computers. This Atari 400 with 1200 baud modem just ain't cutting it anymore.

 

I have no idea why it double posts for me so much.

 

Adam

[Buyatari]

Marco

 

Do you have any 5200 or 7800 prototype hardware items?

 

Adam

[Godzilla]

wow, cool marco. I was reading that page, and following up on the page about the 'bonnie' so did any actual Jr.s from atari, pre-death, make it out? I cant tell from the wording. sometimes it seems you say they made it out in 84 and sometimes it seems they didnt make it out till 86... ?

[ZylonBane]

How can an unreleased prototype have been someone's childhood toy?

[MrRetroGamer]

How can an unreleased prototype have been someone's childhood toy?  

 

Maybe the guy who actually made it had a kid at home?

[ccc---]

Cheers,

Marco

Umm, why are there 2 Marcos suddenly? Sorry if I missed something ...

[badbrad]

I think it has something to do with the *new* Marco being member number 2600 or something...just a guess.

[+Marc Oberhäuser]

Hi Adam,

 

I would keep it. If you come across another CX2000 in a better shape just replace it and sell the old one (to me for example:).

 

Take care,

Marc.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Cheers,

Marco

Umm, why are there 2 Marcos suddenly? Sorry if I missed something ...

It's still the same good old Marco, just with a new member number.

 

BTW: Anybody interested in #1000?

[Cybergoth]

Hi Thomas!

 

BTW: Anybody interested in #1000?

 

No, but I'd still love to have 242...

 

Is 242 an active user?

 

Greetings,

Manuel

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Is 242 an active user?

Check here:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/profile.php...ewprofile&u=242

 

Last post in May last year.

[moycon]

Can I have #69 ??

 

*ducks shoe*

 

Sweet buy Buyatari.

I say if you can afford the hit. Keep it.

Like you stated, you may never come across another and wind up depressed and hating yourself later, your wife will get sick of your attitude and you'll wind up alone and friendless, bumming money to buy cheap wine, sleep in a gutt.... Well you get the picture.

 

Basically what I'm trying to say is can't the joystick be repaired?

[Curt Vendel]

Marco  

 

Do you have any 5200 or 7800 prototype hardware items?

 

Adam

 

Adam... Marco may have you beat on some collectables, especially in the coming month or two... once that C-130 cargo plane loads up and flies over his next collectable

 

Adam, I have a couple of 2000's and better yet I also stay in touch with both or it's creators, so if you want me to have a look at it and see if I can fix it, let me know... glad you and seller hooked up, he's a nice guy and wanted to make sure it went to a good home and I see it did :-)

 

BTW: I will post up an inventory slide of actual CX-2000 packaging exploded view... it got all the way to them designing the mechanicals of the packaging to ship and sell them inside of... Atari went to great lengths and great expense with their dead-ends.

 

 

 

Curt