Sunnyvale 4-switch VCS

[JadeETC]

Saw this on Craigslist. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/ele/4230901027.html

[Cobra Commander]

Yes, Atari's headquaters was in Sunnyvale. Was this made there? Probably not important.

[iesposta]

I have a heavy 6 and a light 6, both Sunnyvale. I don't have any promotional units.

First Sunnyvale 4 switch I have seen.

 

Nice thing about these is if you look closely at the switches they are domed tipped and chrome, not aluminum, and stay shiny whereas the aluminum ones tarnish gray from finger oils.

 

Heavy Sixers will have the cleanest (least interference) saturated (rich colors) RF output.

Rarest thing about that Craigslist one is the chrome switches variation.

[JadeETC]

Yes, Atari's headquaters was in Sunnyvale. Was this made there? Probably not important.

I wasn't aware 4-switch models were ever made in America.

[Cobra Commander]

I wasn't aware 4-switch models were ever made in America.

Me neither unless I just forgot. I had to stop collecting hardware variants and focus on carts. I do like those switches.

[zylon]

Saw this on Craigslist. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/ele/4230901027.html

 

I've only ran into one of those in "the wild". It was a promotional use only deck that a store was keeping as a curio in the late 90's.

[iesposta]

Three more things I've noticed.

Sunnyvale ones have yellow paint, not orange.

There's no channel select switch on the bottom!

That's a short RF cable, definitely not 10-15 feet.

 

P.S. My Sunnyvale Light 6 has a 3-digit number burned into the bottom. They sure liked to melt plastic out there!