Heavy Sixer Serial Number Thread

[Wickeycolumbus]

I just scored this heavy sixer for only $26. Expect a serial number soon!

 

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=3622982

[darthkur]

The Atari branded model , made in Sunnyvale, CA I posted about a few days ago is fully functional. Thanks again to A.J. Franzman for the info on how to adjust the color output.

 

 

Serial number of 29438G. It does not possess a slot for the channel 3/4 selector.

[Wickeycolumbus]

I got my Heavy sixer today!

Serial : 64200N

 

Has Channel A/B hole, but no switch present.

 

Lable sais:

 

MFG. BY ATARI, INC., SUNNYVALE, CA.

MODEL NO. CX-2600

 

ect...

 

The Casing has a mysterious 179 melted into it right above the lable. It looks like it was done by the factory. Unfortunately there is no power supply. there is a driving contorller that came with it that is a standard dirving controller, but the actual socket is not an atari socket, it sais "AMP".

[TunnelRunner]

And from the Atarihead who started the Stella List back in '99....

One recently acquired boxed heavy, S/N 36834G

The box, BTW, has the silver lettering on it. I never figured that one out. Comments?

Geo

[mimo]

PAL heavy, no FCC declaration

S/N 79592

 

cleaned up nicely, crystal clear picture.

 

 

 

Thanks to Pipster for the heads up on this one

[bet]

Atari heavy sixer # 12272G: Sunnyvale, No channel switch or hole

Sears heavy sixer # 36190V: Sunnyvale, No channel switch w/ switch hole

[superdevil]

Sunnyvale light sixer here, red power switch and yellow color, left diff, right diff, game select and game reset switches.

 

Serial number 23235P

 

Channel selector hole, no switch

Edited June 27, 2008 by superdevil

[A.J. Franzman]

Sunnyvale light sixer here, red power switch and yellow color, left diff, right diff, game select and game reset switches.

Did someone paint those switch levers, or perhaps cover them in colored heat-shrinkable tubing, or replace the switches? AFAIK, before the Jr. models, there were only two visually different styles of front panel switches in the VCS consoles -- the common machined aluminum variety, and the polished chrome ones used in some promotional and factory refurbished consoles.

 

BTW, if anyone has some, I'm seeking 4 of the polished switches: 3 of the 2-position type and 1 of the momentary type.

[EricDeLee]

No pics right now... but I've got these:

 

Atari:

97014F

 

Sears:

67565T

 

And I've got a few Hex Sticks with NOS discs (4 of them)

[the 5th ghost]

Sunnyvale Atari 6 switch (with 1977 chess piece box) -

 

#14649G

 

A/B Channel Select hole, no switch.

[the 5th ghost]

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Edited July 8, 2008 by the 5th ghost

[Rik]

Found this today: Heavy 6 S.N. 82507g,Sunnyvale,CA

No channel select switch or hole

Edited July 10, 2008 by Rik

[superdevil]

Did someone paint those switch levers, or perhaps cover them in colored heat-shrinkable tubing, or replace the switches?

 

Nope, this is the way it looked the day it left K-Mart on Christmas eve 1978. My dad got the "on-floor" display model as all the others were sold out. That and he's pretty cheap, lol. If it's not evident in the pictures (they came out kind of blurry) the only thing altered were the two far right switches, they broke off from years of vigorous "toggling". I never replaced them, I use a paper clip just like I did in 1985. When I was a kid we didn't have fancy things like switches, consarn it!

[A.J. Franzman]

Sunnyvale light sixer here, red power switch and yellow color, left diff, right diff, game select and game reset switches.

Did someone paint those switch levers, or perhaps cover them in colored heat-shrinkable tubing, or replace the switches? AFAIK, before the Jr. models, there were only two visually different styles of front panel switches in the VCS consoles -- the common machined aluminum variety, and the polished chrome ones used in some promotional and factory refurbished consoles.

Nope, this is the way it looked the day it left K-Mart on Christmas eve 1978. My dad got the "on-floor" display model as all the others were sold out.

Funny, the switch levers that are present all look silver to me, but your images only show the very ends of them clearly. If you're referring to the colors of the text labels, those are perfectly normal. Edited July 13, 2008 by A.J. Franzman

[superdevil]

Sunnyvale light sixer here, red power switch and yellow color, left diff, right diff, game select and game reset switches.

Did someone paint those switch levers, or perhaps cover them in colored heat-shrinkable tubing, or replace the switches? AFAIK, before the Jr. models, there were only two visually different styles of front panel switches in the VCS consoles -- the common machined aluminum variety, and the polished chrome ones used in some promotional and factory refurbished consoles.

Nope, this is the way it looked the day it left K-Mart on Christmas eve 1978. My dad got the "on-floor" display model as all the others were sold out.

Funny, the switch levers that are present all look silver to me, but your images only show the very ends of them clearly. If you're referring to the colors of the text labels, those are perfectly normal.

 

 

I should have been more clear in my original post, looking back on it yeah I can understand where you thought I was saying the switches themselves were painted. Nope, just the labels.

[edweird13]

I have had my sixer for about a year and didnt know it was a heavy sixer lol. It doesnt have a channel select switch.

71718J

[Nightwing]

My "Heavy Sixer" find!

 

Serial number is # 16273J

[neopeius]

Not sure if mine was a Heavy Sixer. I threw it away five years ago when some parts broke. I kick myself now.

 

 

Maybe from the serial, you folks can help me identify when it was made?

 

Model No. CX-2600

FCC type approval no. tv-363

Patents: 3,793,483;3,900,886;3,723,652;3,728,480; RE 28507, RE 28598 & Patent Pending

 

S.N. 51160P

 

41 0

[Sir Galahad]

My Atari 2600 is Heavy Sixer #64931H

 

here is a photo:

Edited August 13, 2008 by Sir Galahad

[A.J. Franzman]

Not sure if mine was a Heavy Sixer. I threw it away five years ago when some parts broke. I kick myself now.

 

Maybe from the serial, you folks can help me identify when it was made?

Model No. CX-2600

FCC type approval no. tv-363

Patents: 3,793,483;3,900,886;3,723,652;3,728,480; RE 28507, RE 28598 & Patent Pending

 

S.N. 51160P

 

41 0

No idea about when, but that does look like a Heavy Sixer serial.

 

Wester, is this the first posting of a serial of a unit gone to Atari heaven?

Edited August 14, 2008 by A.J. Franzman

[TunnelRunner]

This was submitted to my web site:

 

SN T0002030. It was made in Taiwan. Aaron Fry, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

 

Another of those wacky Taiwan heavies (he sent a pic...it's heavy).

[toymailman]

I finally had some time to go through my new heavies and clean 'em all up for the photo shoot. Pics below.

 

SN #: 97847E

 

SN #: 17277F

 

SN #: 11803H

 

SN #: 83487J

[pixelated]

Hi! I'm new here.

 

This is the serial number for my not-so-heavy sixer. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's just a regular sixer.

 

# 81034654

Made by TRW Electronic Components, Taiwan.

Edited August 18, 2008 by pixelated

[bah]

Sunnyvale Heavy S/N 94723M. This unit has the channel switch/hole and has the 7805 voltage regulator screwed to the board, not on a separate heat sink like earlier models.

 

Thanks,

 

BAH

[nitrosport]

Here is mine:

 

52875M

 

 

Sorry about the picture quality but I couldn't figure out how to shut the flash off. I had to mess with the camera lighting options so everything looks blue lol.

Edited September 5, 2008 by nitrosport