Atari 3600 or 3200?

[Tempest]

I was reading the intro to the 5200 section and I noticed that it says that the Atari 3600 was the 10-bit system that was the Predecessor to the 5200. I thought that the 3200 was the 5200 prototype and the 3600 was the 7800 prototype.

 

Anyone know for sure?

 

Tempest

[+-^CrossBow^-]

I am almost positive the 3600 was the original name of the project that soon become the 7800. I believe AtariHQ has it listed this way. Not sure about the 3200. I just know that the 3600 was later referred to as the 9000...but marketing felt that number was too high. So they settled on 2600+5200=7800.

[+-^CrossBow^-]

I stand corrected...go here. It is at the Atari Historical society. Here is the blurb for the 3600 which was the prototype name for the 7800.

http://www.atari-history.com/videogames/atari3600.html

 

And here is the info regarding the 5200...which was originally known as the SystemX but before that was called the Super Stella/Sylvia...and baring a 3200 prototype name.

http://www.atari-history.com/sylvia/sylvia.html

 

[ 06-07-2001: Message edited by: -^Cro§Bow^- ]