Calling All 800s!

[twiddler69]

[jacobus]

On 5/18/2020 at 11:48 AM, jacobus said:

16K, CTIA, tin contacts, OS A.

 

Embossed numbers are 1 80 2378, printed label is 180 1278 - not sure why the embossed and printer numbers come close but don't match.

 

Does anyone know if the 16K 800's (like the above) shipped with 1 x 16K board or 2 x 8K?   Also, any idea when Atari stopped using tin contacts and switched to gold?

[_The Doctor__]

because tin made for a poor contact over time...

[jacobus]

On 6/1/2020 at 9:07 PM, jacobus said:

Does anyone know if the 16K 800's (like the above) shipped with 1 x 16K board or 2 x 8K?   Also, any idea when Atari stopped using tin contacts and switched to gold?

When ?  🙂

 

[jacobus]

Is there any significant difference between 800 motherboards?  I have a revision 9 with white/light grey cartridge slots and a rev A with black ones...

 

 

[ClausB]

On 6/1/2020 at 9:07 PM, jacobus said:

Does anyone know if the 16K 800's (like the above) shipped with 1 x 16K board or 2 x 8K?   Also, any idea when Atari stopped using tin contacts and switched to gold?

 

I know my 49/79 800 came with 2 tin 8K boards (which were professionally upgraded to 16K in the day). I don't know what my 17/80 800 came with though, so I can't answer.

 

If you read through this whole thread you might find such details which did not go into the summary list.

Edited August 16 by ClausB

[DocSavage2001]

441847 #143 A-512550  4/6

 

Dave

[AeroDD]

Picked this up in a recent eBay auction... needs some work on the keyboard:

 

466275 #153 AW490365 4/15

[ClausB]

I've migrated the list to Google Sheets for easier maintenance. See post #1.

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/242227-calling-all-800s/

 

Please check your entries for accuracy, in case I made errors in transcription or copy/paste. For those of you with ??/?? dates, please try to find the 3-digit date code, either stamped in ink on a label or imprinted in the plastic case, rear underside. Please post any corrections/additions here.

 

Edited September 26 by ClausB

[StickJock]

I did a quick scan of the serial numbers after sorting by that column, and I think that these two are the closest siblings:

 

08/83

eBay/santoscork

800 NTSC

449216 083

08/83

tep392

800 NTSC

449281 083

AW 470545-2-24

 

Only 65 apart, they almost certainly share a birthday!  🎂

 

[Clark Otodus]

Just got mine within the last 2 weeks, so I haven't played around with it too much yet. Supposedly from a former Atari employee too, which is nice as the ram was maxed out, lol.