What did the original boxes for the 400 and 800 look like?

[ApolloBoy]

What did the 400 and 800 boxes look like before the 1200XL?

[Nukey Shay]

Mostly black with an upper portion in red AFAIK.

[Bryan]

What did the 400 and 800 boxes look like before the 1200XL?

 

Ripped from Ebay:

[Joey Kay]

Were they always silver with the white stripes? It seems to me that they changed over to that look a few years into it (software is that way for sure).

 

Cheers!

 

Joey

[ApolloBoy]

What did the 400 and 800 boxes look like before the 1200XL?

 

Ripped from Ebay:

 

I said before the 1200XL.

[Bryan]

What did the 400 and 800 boxes look like before the 1200XL?

 

Ripped from Ebay:

 

I said before the 1200XL.

 

I've never seen a different 800 box, and I got an 800 in 1981. Maybe there was an earlier one, but it changed before the 1200XL.

 

-Bry

[LoTonah]

I just looked at the product catalog I have from 1982, and it's the same as the image above, with the stripes.

 

Hmm...good luck finding a picture older. I've googled and googled

 

-LoTonah

[Tempest]

That's what my Atari 400 looked like. A silver box with the system on it. Curt Vendel might have an original 79 box, he should be able to tell if they changed it.

 

Tempest

[Goochman]

Boy does that bring back memeories -

 

Got my 800/810 and 1 game initially. The game was a disk game that needed basic - I couldnt get it to run so I went to DOS and decided to 'Format' it - DOH!

 

First of many lessons I learned on the Tank. What an awesome piece of electronics Atari gave us

[atari-passion]

Hello,

 

 

look europeen boxe for french atari 800 secam .

 

 

the french atari 800 , it has three connectors : hf for pal , scart (5 pins)for monitor and video (8 pins ) for secam

 

A+

Arnaud

[atari-passion]

Hello,

 

look for 1200xl boxed

 

 

A+

Arnaud

[Tempest]

Notice how the 800 box shows the original 410 tape player which was only on the market for a short time. Interesting.

 

Tempest

[+davidcalgary29]

I believe that someone stated in an earlier post that some of the very first boxes in which 400 and 800 were shipped were made out of simple brown cardboard. I've seen one or two offered for sale on eBay, but don't know whether or not these were in fact "officially released" boxes.

[ApolloBoy]

Hello,

 

look for 1200xl boxed

 

 

A+

Arnaud

 

Uh, I didn't ask to see the 1200XL box.

[Bryan]

Uh, I didn't ask to see the 1200XL box.

 

What was that? You wanted to see a 65XE box? Here you go!

[oesii]

How about a nice accessory to go with your 1200XL box?

 

[ApolloBoy]

[Callipygous]

First 800 box was a plain brown box. Not sure about the 400.

[Bryan]

First 800 box was a plain brown box. Not sure about the 400.

I believe there was always a plain box inside of the printed box. Maybe the first ones didn't have printed outer boxes.

 

I found this rare box, but I can't vouch for its authenticity.

[Callipygous]

Bryede,

 

So someone stamped the 1200XL message on there? Weird. Anyway, I think both your box and the one I showed are bigger than the standard silver ones. Never actually measured them. Also think there is a smaller and larger silver variety.

[Bryan]

Bryede,

 

So someone stamped the 1200XL message on there? Weird.

 

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[A2600]

Bryede,

 

So someone stamped the 1200XL message on there? Weird.

 

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Its Pre-1200XL meaning before 83 soo I will just call the silver box the original!

[Bryan]

Its Pre-1200XL meaning before 83 soo I will just call the silver box the original!

 

..........that box was the product of a box of magazines sitting in my house, a digital camera, and 5 mins. in Micrografx Picture Publisher...........

[A2600]

Wow you got me real good!

[Retro Rogue]

What did the 400 and 800 boxes look like before the 1200XL?

 

As far as I know, there were no 400/800's made after the 1200 was introduced. They were cancelled at that time, so the "before" part doesn't make sense.

 

Mind you, that doesn't mean they still weren't being sold in stores after the 1200XL was introduced. But there wouldn't be any box changes either if it was out of production.