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, 2020 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, 2020 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.

[Preppie]

Week 24 1981 Pal machine.  Not sure when they started shipping to UK but this seems like a fairly early one.

 

It had 1 cased 16k and 2 uncased, so maybe bought as 16k and upgraded.

 

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by Preppie

[mimo]

11 hours ago, Preppie said:

Week 24 1981 Pal machine.  Not sure when they started shipping to UK but this seems like a fairly early one.

 

It had 1 cased 16k and 2 uncased, so maybe bought as 16k and upgraded.

 

 

Nice, did you also say that it has screws rather than twist tabs on the lid too? that would indicate it being an earlier model 

[Preppie]

It has tabs.  The 48k machine I originaly bought in early 1983 also had tabs (plus all cased ram), not sure when they changed that or if my machine had been in the shop for a long time - they'd started heavily discounting them at that point, in preparation for the XL launch.

 

Also has a Hi-Tek keyboard

[ApolloBoy]

Yeah I think early 1983 was the transition point for that, mine was built in February '83 and it has both the "sealed" expansion door and uncased RAM and ROM cards.

[jacobus]

and a few more... (all NTSC)

 

Edited November 18, 2020 by jacobus

[The V-Man]

Okay Here is my label.  GTIA/NTSC.  It has 48k with the plastic covered RAM/ROM modules.  Guessing it was the 44th week of 1982?

 

 

 

[NxtOp]

Here are my 3:  All have 48K and uncased memory and personality boards.

443044   /   143  =  NTSC / GTIA  (14Week of 1983?) - IMG_2344

 

 

450379   /   163  =  NTSC / GTIA  (16Week of 1983?) - IMG_2345 and IMG_2346

 

And...

429930   /   083  =  NTSC / ?  (16Week of 1983?) - IMG_2347

         2nd Label:  AW 471718 - 2-22

 

 

 

[BillC]

17 hours ago, NxtOp said:

Here are my 3:  All have 48K and uncased memory and personality boards.

443044   /   143  =  NTSC / GTIA  (14Week of 1983?) - IMG_2344

450379   /   163  =  NTSC / GTIA  (16Week of 1983?) - IMG_2345 and IMG_2346

 

 

429930   /   083  =  NTSC / ?  (16Week of 1983?) - IMG_2347

         2nd Label:  AW 471718 - 2-22

And at least one has the 6502C/Sally CPU board as shown in the above image.

[NxtOp]

7 hours ago, BillC said:

And at least one has the 6502C/Sally CPU board as shown in the above image.

Yeah, I think all 3 of my units actually have Sally's

[Faicuai]

So here's my latest gamble on e-bay... and boy, what a surprise.... a genuine CTIA !!

 

Above is contrast-enhanced for revealing hidden details...

 

And it matches with engraved serial!

 

Wait until you see this baby's quality of preservation and craftmanship... The MoBo finish is something I had never seen before...

[Faicuai]

On 8/30/2015 at 9:45 PM, ClausB said:

Now a Google Sheet, for easier viewing, editing, sorting, expanding...

Nice!

 

Do we need to request edit-authorization, or should we just post the updates here, and you will reflect the updates?

[ClausB]

Just post here. If the job gets too big we'll reconsider.

[Faicuai]

4 hours ago, ClausB said:

If the job gets too big

Hopefully not, it's just one more entry (from post #221 above):

 

Main: 040-0077  Sec: ww510/23

 

That's about it! (THANKS!)

 

 

[T.A.P.]

Here are the two in my possession.

 

The first one has a stamp that says "Atari 411" on it too (second picture). What's that about?