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Anyone have one of these, Ver. 3.03 ? Since I was getting ready to sell mine
(along with a few others from the same collection) I have been searching the Web

For info but have not had much luck. Found only one other verifiable example

With screen shot but I suspect it is in the hands of a Non-US collector since the
start screen shows it is plugged into a PAL system. Other then that 1
example I have not been able to find another. There was one listed on Ebay late
last year as Ver. 3.03 but auction pictures showed it was actually a Part #FD100335

Rev. A . not Ver. 3.03

 

Since info and screen shots seem nearly impossible to find I thought I would
post all the different screen OPTIONS along with what is displayed after running
each option. Also included a scan of the cartridge, Label and Inner PCB front and back.

 

NOTE I ran this on a 800XL so some of the functions returned error results ( Switches, OS System)

Not sure what the ”ADJUS TMENT” function does but on my 800XL it just returned a black screen,

waited a few minutes but nothing happened so not sure if I needed to wait longer or it simply does not

do anything on my 800XL,. Also when entering the serial # in the ”production” function I keep getting

a warning stating wrong #

 

I’ll start with the Cartridge and Label

 

Interestingly there is an "Atari Rejected" labeled applied to this cart and
Identified as either 1250XL or 1200xl (not sure the third number since it

Was written at the crease so its not fully readable). Below are scans of the REJECTED label pulled

away from the front of the cartridge and placed flat allowing it to be viewed complete from left to

right (Rejected label glue has dried out on the front but still firmly stuck to the side) Additionaly it

is labeled 400/800 SALT on the back label and under the Red Rejected Label.

 

 

a400_2.jpg

 

salt1250xl.jpg

 

a400_1.jpg

 

Below PCB front & back

 

salt303f.jpg

 

salt303b.jpg

 

 

Below is the start screen as displayed on my 800xl (NTSC)

 

ssalt303_start2.jpg

 

Below is the Function/options screen

 

ssalt303_options.jpg

 

I have included only the 1 screen shot below showing the option Screen with the command entered.

The command line selection is entered using the 1 key letter command show in Red for each function,

once pressed it automaticaly enters the correct command. Once entered you then need to press the

enter key to run the function

 

ssalt303_anyvideo1.jpg

 

Below are screen shots of all the Functions/Options.

 

1st option ANYVIDEO

 

ssalt303_anyvideo2.jpg

 

2nd option COLORBARS

 

 

ssalt303_colorbars2.jpg

 

3rd option GRAYBARS

 

ssalt303_graybars2.jpg

 

4TH option keyoard (Blue is lowercase, Red is uppercase)

 

ssalt303_keyboard2.jpg

 

5TH option PORT TEST

 

There are 2 settings that can be used for results.

Either “Pass / Fail” or “Display Errors” (Set using “DISPLAY OPTIONS”)

I have included both types of screen results below.

 

ssalt303_port_test2.jpg

 

ssalt303_port_test4.jpg

 

6TH option RAM TEST

When running the RamTest a second option screen will display asking you to choose a number from 1 to 4,

each choice will check 8K Blocks RAM.

Example 1 = 8K, 2 = 16k, 3 = 24k and 4 = 32k

 

ssalt303_ram2.jpg

 

ssalt303_ram3.jpg

 

ssalt303_ram4.jpg

 

ssalt303_ram5.jpg

 

ssalt303_ram6.jpg

 

7th option SWITCHES

 

ssalt303_switches3.jpg

 

8TH option TONE TEST – This function when run will play a series of tones. It
runs through 3 different registers and the # changed with each series of tones

 

ssalt303_tone1.jpg

 

9th option VOLTAGE TEST

 

ssalt303_voltage1.jpg

 

ssalt303_voltage2.jpg

 

10th option PRODUCTION TEST – Requires a serial number. I suspect it wants the unit serial number

and since I am using an 800XL it is looking in the wrong location and returning the error message

 

ssalt303_production2.jpg

 

ssalt303_production1.jpg

 

11th option BAUD RATE

 

ssalt303_baud3.jpg

 

ssalt303_baud_1.jpg

 

12th option DISPLAY OPTIONS – As stated above this function lets you set both
the way the results are displayed and also if you want to run a continues cycle.

I did not check the continues cycle option but I guess it runs all the test on after
the other ?

 

ssalt303_display_options2.jpg

 

ssalt303_display_options4.jpg

 

ssalt303_display_options6.jpg

 

13th option ITIA

 

ssalt303_gtia1.jpg

 

14th option EXT AUDIO

 

Blank screen – May need an external speaker attached ?

 

15th option QUE SPEAKER

 

Blank screen but makes a tone when buttons are pressed

 

16th option BI CLOCK – blank screen probably the 800XL issue again

 

17th option ADJUST – blank screen and then nothing, may need to wait longer
but nothing seems to be happening

 

18th option OS ROM

 

ssalt303_os_rom2.jpg

 

ssalt303_os_rom1.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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