ApolloBoy Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 What does the 179 melted in the case mean? That probably means it was either manufactured or refurbished on the 17th week of 1979. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Picked up another Heavy Sixer, Atari brand - 77928G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamaniac987 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 My heavy sixer serial number: 93473M Has a channel select hole and switch, and for some reason colors are messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 adamaniac987, if you were to open it up, all the way down to removing the main board from the RF shielding, you would find the knob you need to ever so gently turn to adjust the color saturation. I have a heavy sixer I mentioned earlier in this thread I needed to do that to: it was going more on the gray and purple end of things, while yours seems to be more on the red. ...oh, and yes, I DID do the testing and color changes while it was completely uncased, with a few random carts in. Best way I can think of, right? Still havn't gotten the static out of it (I think it is due to the corrosion) and I really wonder WHY it was checked in 1980, but eh... maybe I will make a thread about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamaniac987 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I wish I could take it apart and fix the color problem, but I wouldn't risk damaging or breaking my atari. It seems that the top left casing above the switches is loose, and the colors change whenever pressed on. Maybe it could be connected to or the origin of the problem...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I wish I could take it apart and fix the color problem, but I wouldn't risk damaging or breaking my atari. It seems that the top left casing above the switches is loose, and the colors change whenever pressed on. Maybe it could be connected to or the origin of the problem...? Taking conversation to PM to keep from flooding the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Destructo Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Sunnyvale heavy sixer here, S/N 28385K, has channel switch cutout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Atari VCS, made in Sunnyvale - #0101754 (channel select switch set in hole underneath console) Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade, made in Sunnyvale #45527S (no channel select switch present) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Mine is in pretty nice shape. 43137M with Channel select hole, no switch. and for some reason there's no orange border around the switch panel. It doesn't seem to be worn in any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Oh it was made in Week 48 of 1977 which is somewhere between December 20 and December 30 since I don't know which calendar system they used (some start on Sunday but most start on Monday). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 My heavy sixer serial number: 93473M Has a channel select hole and switch, and for some reason colors are messed up. Adjust the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamaniac987 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 It's OK, I already had gotten it fixed. Thank you anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 It's OK, I already had gotten it fixed. Thank you anyway. Good to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
govegan Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I lucked into a $20 Sears Heavy Sixer (with no channel select) in pretty nice condition, but there's some damage to the label, so I don't have the serial. It looks like the unit may have been in a cardboard box which got wet, adhering some of the cardboard to the label, so there's a chance I'll be able to remove that layer and read it. It works great, though, and the price was right so no complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darece01 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I have a Taiwan built heavy sixer T0021468 C010922. Based on the serial #s listed so far, these Taiwan built heavy sixers seem to be rare. Many people seem suprised they exist. From a collectors perspective does that make them more or less valueable than the Sunnyvale built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Do you want numbers from all sixers or just the first style? 6 original style and 7 later ones. Almost all have had their switchboards changed to the channel switch type for ease of part replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Do they ever update the list? I posted the s/n's from my two systems over a month ago and they still have not been added. What gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Sunnyvale H6er, S.N 72600H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean39 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hi My name is Sean . I have been off for along time and have not been up here for almost two years. Anyways I want to post my heavy Sixers which one of them is very old. My First Heavy Sixer has the Serial Number of 57020 E My other Heavy Sixer has the Serial Number of 74678 G Anyways you can ADD them the the List if you want too. Thanks Your old Friend Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hi My name is Sean . I have been off for along time and have not been up here for almost two years. Anyways I want to post my heavy Sixers which one of them is very old. My First Heavy Sixer has the Serial Number of 57020 E My other Heavy Sixer has the Serial Number of 74678 G Anyways you can ADD them the the List if you want too. Thanks Your old Friend Sean No sense in posting them since the list never gets updated anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurisu Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Seems like the thread acts like the list now. What would be nice is a php form where one could select the model of the console, the origin, and post said serial, with pictures, maybe, as a form of master database. That would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean39 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hi My name is Sean . I have been off for along time and have not been up here for almost two years. Anyways I want to post my heavy Sixers which one of them is very old. My First Heavy Sixer has the Serial Number of 57020 E My other Heavy Sixer has the Serial Number of 74678 G Anyways you can ADD them the the List if you want too. Thanks Your old Friend Sean I am the owner of this unit in the Private Collection/ Sean I also own very RARE CX-10 Joysticks that work Perfect and many other things. Atari Units #57020E 1 STICKER ATARI FOUND ON EBAY 11/20/09 PRIVATE COLLECTION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean39 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hi My name is Sean . I have been off for along time and have not been up here for almost two years. Anyways I want to post my heavy Sixers which one of them is very old. My First Heavy Sixer has the Serial Number of 57020 E My other Heavy Sixer has the Serial Number of 74678 G Anyways you can ADD them the the List if you want too. Thanks Your old Friend Sean I only Listed this Machine because if you look at the List mine would be the second oldest machine on the List 57020 E is older than any of the machines listed. Except the first one that seems to have just numbers and Atari used the Letter E after the serial numbers on the First CX-2600 machines. I have always wonder about that first number on the list. I was very young but I know at some point my father was doing work for Atari. I saw him bring his work home,and even in the early 1980's when I was 11 years of age in 1980, and I saw my dad bringing his work home. I not sure if he worked for Atari directly or a sub contractor that did work for them. All I know is since 1974 I seem to grow up around Atari,and before that my father worked for Texas instruments and Raytheon Corp. They work on Proto type Chips and transistors. My father started working for Raytheon in the 1950's when transistors were pretty new. Anyways I saw the Second one on the List start with a 59 Serial number where mine starts with a 57. I thought they were keeping an updated list from the Thread title. Sorry if I messed anything up. Sean No sense in posting them since the list never gets updated anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanhq Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 @Sean39: Can you post a picture of the sticker showing your serial number (57020E) on your heavy sixer? Also, nice name by the way. Mine is also Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean39 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 @Sean39: Can you post a picture of the sticker showing your serial number (57020E) on your heavy sixer? Also, nice name by the way. Mine is also Sean Sure I get a Picture up of the Serial number on my unit. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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