7800 Serial Number List

[Crazymoon67]

 

WELCOME TO THE 7800 SERIAL NUMBER DATA BASE     

BY Crazymoon67

 

SERIAL NUMBER TIME LINE

 

EP = THE ORIGINAL 10K EL PASO TEXAS SYSTEMS MFG IN 1984

AT84 = EARLY SUNNYVALE CALIFORNIA SYSTEMS MFG IN 1984

AT85 = ATARI CORP SYSTEMS MFG IN 1985

A1 = EARLY SYSTEMS HAVE EXP PORT MFG FROM 1986-87

A1 = LATER SYSTEMS LOST THE EXP PORT MFG FROM 1987-88

A3 = THE NEXT BATCH OF SYSTEMS MFG FROM 1988-90

X = THE FINAL RUN OF SYSTEMS MFG FROM 1990-91

*U = A SYSTEM WITH AN ILLEGIBLE DATA LABEL *(UNDETERMINED)

 

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PREVIOUS MODERATORS TOYMAILMAN AND ELECTRONICSIBLEY

FOR THE SET UP AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS THREAD THREW THE YEARS.

 

EP	000166	Protari		EP
EP	000293	Crazymoon67
EP	000517	Sean39		EP
EP	000573	alortegac		EP
EP	001059	Adamj91	CIB	EP
EP	001292	Fyrebird		EP
EP	002574	toymailman	CIB with all packaging	EP
EP	002953	phattyboombatty	Has ROY rainbow	EP
EP	003032	joshua
EP	003971	joshua		EP
EP	003976	toymailman		EP
EP	004179	atariguy1021		EP
EP	005802	Mitch		EP
EP	007965	Leonard Smith		EP
EP	008042	Tubular Gearhead		EP
EP	008072	supavgx		EP
EP	008201	evad999	CIB	EP
EP	009706	7800		EP
AT84	00008	Mulletizer		AT85
AT84	01672	bigscarymike		AT85
AT84	01675	Nateo		AT85
AT84	03172	Corby		AT85
AT84	03242	Lemmi		AT85
AT84	05435	Retrogamer81081		AT85
AT84	06528	famicommander		AT85
AT84	07751	Illtiger1		AT85
AT84	08200	E-MAN2001		AT85
AT84	08385	Crazymoon67		AT85
AT84	09103	PacManPlus	Silver paint job	AT85
AT84	10728	Mitch		AT85
AT84	13423	Crazymoon67		AT85
AT84	14616	Mitch		AT85
AT84	16922	toymailman	CIB with the stickers	AT85
AT84	16972	Brian R.		AT85
AT84	19176	SiLicOne t0aD		AT85
AT84	19650	TrekMD	Comp Modded	AT85
AT84	20618	DarthCloud		AT85
AT84	20618	DarthCloud		AT85
AT84	22447	cjamelv	CIB with S-Video Mod	AT85
AT84	25241	toymailman	CIB with different stickers	AT85
AT84	27168	DrVenkman		AT85
AT84	27566	Atarius Maximus		AT85
AT84	28613	theoakwoody		AT85
AT84	30276	toymailman		AT85
AT84	31096	madmax_2069		AT85
AT84	31517	Sector7e		AT85
AT84	31650	Crazymoon67		AT85
AT84	33049	Jaden (JRH)		AT85
AT84	34648	Mitch		AT85
EP	000166	Protari
AT84	39552	MikeCV82		AT85
AT84	40611	Gedalya		AT85
AT84	41627	AtariAwesomeness!		AT85
AT84	44298	Liduario		AT85
AT84	46706	Mitch		AT85
AT84	47840	Coolhand20th		AT85
AT84	50078	o.pwuaioc		AT85
AT84	50797	ApolloBoy	Has UAV S-Video Mod	AT85
AT84	50981	toymailman		AT85
AT84	53505	toymailman		AT85
AT84	55116	Geoff Oltmans		AT85
AT84	55199	toymailman		AT85
AT84	55587	lapetino		AT85
AT84	56253	Trebor		AT85
AT84	57660	phattyboombatty		AT85
AT84	59303	Mitch		AT85
AT84	60391	toymailman		AT85
AT84	60899	Tubular Gearhead		AT85
AT84	62528	SeaGtGruff		AT85
AT84	62542	godzillajoe		AT85
AT84	62898	toymailman		AT85
AT84	63558	toymailman		AT85
AT 85	025103	John C		AT 86
AT85	027591	toymailman		AT86
AT85	027818	toymailman		AT86
AT85	033497	Atariboy2600		AT86
AT85	034352	Propane13		AT86
AT85	034819	Astal4	Has S-video Mod with Blue LED	AT86
AT85	036821	turbofly		AT86
AT85	039724	Crazymoon67		AT86
AT85	040056	Lendorian		AT86
AT85	040332	Mitch		AT86
AT85	042581	k8track		AT86
AT85	046027	Mister-VCS		AT86
AT85	046055	SearsRoebuck	S-Video Modded by Crossbow CIB	AT86
AT85	047392	ChuckTeed		AT86
A1 Units (with Expansion Interface):				A1 Units (with Expansion Interface):
A1	6C 5067150	Christophero Sly		A2
A1	6C 5071199	chuckster24		A2
A1	6C 5072996	KrunchyTC	CIB	A2
A1	6C 5743453	toymailman		A2
A1	6C 5746504	ianoid	Comp Modded and Power Modded	A2
A1	6C 5748541	mike99mccarthy		A2
A1	71 5000592	atariluvr77		A2
A1	71 5001132	Zeptari1		A2
A1	71 5001575	Razzie.P		A2
A1	71 5002364	streps	CIB	A2
A1	71 5003655	gorfcadet		A2
A1	71 5005150	4300		A2
A1	71 5009248	Bobby Nelson		A2
A1	71 5015499	groundtrooper		A2
A1	71 5016113	toymailman	CIB in 1st box variant	A2
A1	71 5755944	groundtrooper		A2
A1	71 5759243	smesgr
A1	72 5057643	purduecrum		A2
A1	72 5060877	wccw mark		A2
A1	72 5061842	PSW	Comp Modded	A2
A1	73 5035619	triesmac		A2
A1	73 5039787	Pat Brady		A2
A1	73 5042663	XR4Tim
A1	73 5765554	Kaiju		A2
A1	73 5839185	Mitch		A2
A1	73 5842713	Tempest
A1	73 5842980	SINGLE TOOTH		A2
A1	73 5845271	ChrisKewl		A2
A1	74 5023906	Mord		A2
A1	74 5026521	tep392		A2
A1	74 5027554	AtariBoy2600	CIB	A2
A1	74 5029223	m0nde
A1	74 5787869	Marc Fiorillo
A1	74 5790943	atarijagplayer		A2
A1	74 5793238	Tempest		A2
A1	74 5824501	Ashkin2002		A2
A1	74 5825114	sramirez2008	CIB	A2
A1	74 5826584	streps		A2
A1	74 5833151	Schmutzpuppe		A2
A1	74 5030577	Stephen		A2
A1	74 5829291	NISMOPC		A2
A1	74 5871715	Atarifever		A2
A1	74 5876442	Trebor		A2
A1	75 5044126	toymailman		A2
A1	75 5049105	Erzak		A2
A1	75 5810889	mario2butts		A2
A1	75 5848137	FireTiger		A2
A1	75 5851190	yamato72	Comp Modded	A2
A1	75 5852754	craigm71		A2
A1	75 5862733	x=usr(1536)	Has Exp port	A2
A1	75 5865266	Cap5750		A2
A1	76 5776642	Thran	Has Exp port also UAV S-video Modded	A2
A1	76 5777527	rockman_x_2002		A2
A1	76 5782808	Necron99		A2
A1	76 5799186	doyman		A2
A1	76 5800466	cleoo		A2
A1	76 5803182	phattyboombatty		A2
A1	76 5804969	TwinChargers		A2
A1	76 5806823	Mitch		A2
A1	76 5882556	evad999		A2
A1	76 5884618	kenfused		A2
A1	76 5899652	Leonard Smith	Has Exp port Comp Modded	A2
A1	76 5908587	leep		A2
A1	77 5886485	Gorfcadet	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	77 5921657	ZeroPage Homebrew	Exp port hole only CIB	A2
A1	77 5921684	Metal Ghost		A2
A1	77 5921877	Cap5750		A2
A1	77 5922417	Dissy614	Original owner / pin header added to expansion port	A2
A1	77 5925851	cleoo	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	77 5926215	Leonard Smith	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	77 5927901	triesmac		A2
A1	77 5935230	OldPAL		A2
A1	77 5936329	PSW	Comp Modded with Blue LED	A2
A1	77 5936366	krewat		A2
A1	77 5942454	Roy	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	77 5942851	cleoo		A2
A1	77 5956845	Greg Miller	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	78 5005462	BenjaminR		A2
A1	78 5006878	Rastamafugg		A2
A1	78 5057034	AtariChris		A2
A1	78 5961655	Lord_of_Saipan		A2
A1	78 5963769	BydoEmpire		A2
A1	78 5965607	Avenger75	Exp port hole only Comp Modded	A2
A1	78 5966345	Plaid Mouse		A2
A1	78 5969388	Gorfy		A2
A1	78 5971821	Yurkie	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	78 5976271	Shantai		A2
A1	78 5980673	Drobotic	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	78 5983589	Propane13		A2
A1	78 5993051	madmax_2069		A2
A1	78 5997744	turbofly		A2
A1	78 5998106	Marc Fiorillo	Comp Modded
A1	?? 5784969	Paul Westphal		A2
A1	?? 5874284	Classic Pac		A2
A1	?? 5883356	Master Phruby		A2
A1 Units (without Expansion Interface):				A1 Units (without Expansion Interface):
A1	OA 5037924	mimo	SECAM French	A2
A1	05 5511565	Snogpitch	CIB	A2
A1	79 5003964	Reaperman	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	79 5004303	ChrisKewl	Exp port hole only Winz comp modded	A2
A1	79 5008311	7800fan	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	7B 5043568	Brian R.		A2
A1	7B 5044256	NISMOPC	CIB w/ matching serial #s	A2
A1	7B 5050329	Coleco		A2
A1	7B 5057997	Thibr		A2
A1	7B 5094528	RodLightning		A2
A1	7B 5096537	adamchevy		A2
A1	7B 5099302	Shaun David		A2
A1	7B 5112466	Sonic R		A2
A1	7B 5113502	Tubular Gearhead		A2
A1	7B 5085018	NISMOPC	Presumed # is 7B	A2
A1	7C 5022283	Crazymoon67		A2
A1	7C 5023486	OldAtAtari		A2
A1	7C 5025095	DJT		A2
A1	7C 5026112	electronicsibley	cartridge port is tight - even for many 7800 games	A2
A1	7C 5117922	socrates63		A2
A1	7C 5119402	streps		A2
A1	7C 5143228	frank_c		A2
A1	7C 5143601	joeatari1		A2
A1	7C 5152641	CrossBow	Has Kilo Parsec Bios	A2
A1	7C 5155396	TheRingBearer	Comp Modded
A1	7C 5156846	ApolloBoy	Comp Modded	A2
A1	7C 5158335	Crazymoon67	CIB with all packaging	A2
A1	7C 5172703	triesmac		A2
A1	7C 5173037	toptenmaterial		A2
A1	7C 5180929	toymailman	CIB	A2
A1	7C 5183408	NESFreak1980
A1	81 5194768	Tubular Gearhead		A2
A1	81 5197599	Starius		A2
A1	81 5198557	schmedly		A2
A1	81 5234371	Lemmi		A2
A1	81 5252239	[d2f]Iggy*SJB		A2
A1	82 5101125	DrVenkman	Exp port on PCB only	A2
A1	82 5106066	brad112
A1	82 5107799	Dave7800		A2
A1	82 5108728	Silver Back	Comp Mod,Re Capped PCB and Tactile switches installed	A2
A1	82 5248831	snstay		A2
A1	83 5237378	adam242		A2
A1	83 5278956	thanatos	Longhorn Engineer mod	A2
A1	83 5291010	joystickjedi		A2
A1	84 5120307	evad999		A2
A1	84 5258596	joeatari1		A2
A1	84 5293576	Lemmi		A2
A1	84 5300659	BSA Starfire		A2
A1	85 0427940	opcode	CIB	A2
A1	85 5062662	H311bender		A2
A1	85 5133913	Darrin9999		A2
A1	85 5134504	MegaManFan		A2
A1	85 5315285	R_Leo_1		A2
A1	85 5319426	Themushroom	Exp port hole only	A2
A1	85 5322400	Jouster		A2
A1	85 5325615	cleoo		A2
A1	85 5327815	atarigal		A2
A1	85 5330367	Mitch		A2
A1	86 5341227	jmetal88		A2
A1	86 5342121	Synthpopalooza	Has Exp port but no slot	A2
A1	86 5352658	Silver Back	Comp Modded	A2
A1	86 5354313	BalloonFighter	Exp port hole only CIB	A2
A1	86 5355561	sirlynxalot		A2
A1	86 5357890	Oak City Comics		A2
A1	86 5364314	WizardRobbie
A1	86 5370798	almightytodd		A2
A1	86 5372310	CrossBow	UAV Modded With Kilo Parsec Bios	A2
A1	86 5374478	BIGHMW		A2
A1	87 5390079	schmedly		A2
A1	87 5395875	iesposta		A2
A1	87 5396310	BillieBeard		A2
A1	87 5396565	Jr. Pac		A2
A1	87 5398391	NISMOPC	Cmp Modded mini jack to RCA,plastic is still on shielding	A2
A1	87 5410351	godzillajoe		A2
A1	88 5424651	eggimac		A2
A1	88 5424652	Atarifever		A2
A1	88 5425504	Brian R.		A2
A1	88 5425512	jalidi		A2
A1	88 5425514	stardust4ever	Comp Modded	A2
A1	88 5425515	Trebor	Has Exp port	A2
A1	88 5425519	famicommander	Comp Modded	A2
A1	88 5425614	Always on Planet Patrol		A2
A1	88 5425716	Ripdubski		A2
A1	88 5427812	ChuckTeed	CIB	A2
A1	88 5429073	frankodragon		A2
A1	88 5446474	Crazymoon67	Plastic still on shielding	A2
A1	88 5446552	GeekDragon		A2
A1	88 5456395	sramirez2008		A2
A1	88 5461656	GonzoGamer		A2
A1	88 5466526	Razzie.P		A2
A1	88 5472190	SINGLE TOOTH		A2
A1	88 5473506	Cafeman		A2
A1	88 5476932	toymailman		A2
A1	88 5481809	ChuckTeed		A2
A1	89 5486069	NightSprinter		A2
A1	05 5509878	FireTiger		A2
A1	?? 5519505	zylon		A2
A1	?? 5522180	ubersaurus		A2
A3 Units:				A3 Units:
A3	84 5000929	Tifany		A4
A3	84 5009217	mtesta1985		A4
A3	84 5012047	TesseractE		A4
A3	84 5018408	Liduario		A4
A3	84 5029086	Ataritard		A4
A3	84 5029841	Darrian9999		A4
A3	84 5023974	ChrisKewl		A4
A3	84 5032174	Atariboy2600		A4
A3	*4 5226657	BlasterMaster31	assuming this an (8)4 | not clear in the picture	A4
A3	85 5041905	Eagle		A4
A3	85 5047307	karri
A3	85 5053629	Cap5750		A4
A3	85 5058680	Gandor		A4
A3	85 5066694	FireTiger		A4
A3	85 5071641	ZeroPage Homebrew		A4
A3	85 5076517	tep392		A4
A3	85 5076717	Mitch		A4
A3	85 5081592	x=usr(1536)		A4
A3	85 5090196	-Joe-	CIB S-Video Modded	A4
A3	86 5117587	mattsoft		A4
A3	87 5118033	FireTiger		A4
A3	87 5118877	Gorfy		A4
A3	87 5137160	sirlynxalot		A4
A3	87 5145173	leep	Comp Modded	A4
A3	88 5152822	Rick Dangerous	S-Video/AV and Stereo modded by Electronic Sentimentalities around 2012	A4
A3	88 5155300	0078265317		A4
A3	89 5157612	Propane13		A4
A3	89 5157707	onthinice		A4
A3	89 5158935	Trebor		A4
A3	89 5168757	mattsoft		A4
A3	8C 5197625	Propane13		A4
A3	8C 5202035	almightytodd		A4
A3	8C 5204698	SearsRoebuck	Comp Modded	A4
A3	8C 5214226	Trebor		A4
A3	8C 5218077	TheRingBearer
A3	8C 5224133	bigbee99		A4
A3	98 5227323	CrossBow	Blue Power LED DeVOS 1.0 Bios Has Exp Port OG Owner	A4
A3	9B1 5235296	Roy		A4
A3	9B1 5282493	Dauber		A4
A3	9B1 5287646	sramirez2008	NIB	A4
A3	9B1 5287847	Sbdolan		A4
A3	05 5274218	Leonard Smith		A4
A3	07 5269528	IcedCornholio
A3	07 5292755	TwinChargers		A4
A3	07 5294575	Tubular Gearhead		A4
A3	07 5294890	Mitch		A4
A3	07 5294935	Propane13		A4
A3	07 5295292	uveprom		A4
A3	07 5295828	Atariboy2600		A4
A3	08 5299054	Swami		A4
A3	15 5251834	Dire51	UAV Modded with Kilo Parsec Bios	A4
A3	17 5254913	Airshack		A4
A3	?? 5280193			A4
X Units:				X Units:
X	201 023346	iesposta		X
X	201 027306	AlwaysOnPlanetPatrol		X
X	201 028792	Trebor		X
X	201 031114	ApolloBoy		X
X	208 006666	Crazymoon67	CIB 5 game value pack box	X
X	209 001022	Deteacher		X
X	209 008330	sixersfan105		X
X	210 011292	bennybingo		X
X	210 017816	Mitch		X
X	211 049104	karri		X
X	214 031596	sirlynxalot		X
X	21A5 31261	Shawn		X
X	21A5 33348	Mister-VCS		X
X	019142	mario64		X
X	9383802852	Eagle		X
X	9383810542	mimo		X
X	9383814764	mimo	Comp Modded	X
X	9383824636	Eagle		X
X	?? 014703	Swami		X
PAL Units:				PAL Units:
	Serial Number	Owner	Notes
A1	01 3012487	high voltage	CIB	A2
A1	02 3013493	miker		A2
A1	08 4004121	larryleffaovell		A2
A1	97 3001483	Slider271
A1	98 5002879	Pan
A1	9C 3008675	marmaliser	CIB	A2
A1	9C 3009092	Jouster		A2
X	201 029864	T.A,P.		X
X	210 122966	larryleffaovell		X
X	211 009022	Xr8dPixel		X
X	211 039602	Mitch		X
X	211 099362	reliant73	CIB	X
X	2184 06551	martianboy04		X
X	2185 1278	ongikong		X
X	219 539013	Dalta		X
X	21A 5052601	Thibr		X
X	21A 5062825	Pan
X	21A 5063902	smesgr
X	1093115226	Ouzy	Comp Modded CIB	X
X	9383812378	Jouster	MFG in China	X
X	9383813874	Jouster	MFG in China	X
X	9383814268	Ouzy		X
X	9383820384	Krool885	Comp and S-Video Modded
X	9383822750	Jouster	MFG in China	X
X	9383824692	shiz		X
X		hatman72		X
X	1093 118332	Mitch		X
X	1094 003244	Glennikit	CIB Norwegian Manual	X
X8	4097126	nobru	SCART	X9
X8	15 4010213	nobru	SCART	X9
X8	18 4028788	Thibr	RGB	X9
X8	18 4033724	nobru	Kiloparsec BIOS	X9
X8	18 4034522	OBO	RGB	X9
X8	19 4039400	Mitch	RGB	X9
X8	19 4040715	nobru	SCART	X9
X8	19 4044748	Math You	RGB	X9
X8	19 4054929	Mitch	RGB	X9
X8	19 4057006	Avenger75		X9
X8	1A 4059087	Mobsie		X9
X9	38 38225127	Magic Knight		X10
U	33452	OldAtAtari		U
U		mimo		U

Edited November 10 by Crazymoon67
11/10 Pan 2 systems PAL B

[phattyboombatty]

Nice! Neat to see the "Warner Communications Company" yet on that early 1984 model. I thought mine was a pretty early model, since it has the Expansion Interface on the side. But my serial number begins with an "A1".

 

I have A1 76 5803182.

[Lynxpro]

Impressive. Did you buy any of those during the limited 1984 test launch?

 

 

I'd prefer to have one of those translucent cases that Atari Inc. produced for internal mold testing. I also like the white "Jaguar" case that one user posted on Facebook [on Atari's wall] which was from the dental instrument mold.

[DarthCloud]

Here mine:

[toymailman]

Impressive. Did you buy any of those during the limited 1984 test launch?

No, just the last few years. That would've been cool though.

 

I am still searching for a very early model. I think the first batch of 5000 produced in El Paso had an "EP" in the serial number somewhere.

[+Mitch]

Not counting protos, I believe my earliest one is AT8414616. Though I have a few more 7800s boxed up somewhere.

 

Mitch

[Lendorien]

Mine has the expansion port, but the serial is AT85040056.

[+Stephen]

Replying to remind myself to dig out my 7800 and post the S/N. It's an early model with expansion port.

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

Not an early one(no expansion port)... but what the hell:

[Tubular Gearhead]

I have two with the expansion port, and three w/o. One of the expansion port ones is one of the early models made in El Paso Tx (note the "EP" in the serial #)

 

That brings up a question that maybe one of the experts can answer for me. I had always heard that there were only 5000 of these made in Texas, but mine is #8042.

So did they start numbering at one, or a later number? Did they make more than 5000?

Also, it has "Made in Taiwan" printed, but it clearly says "EP 264" in the serial???

 

Any thoughts?

 

Here are all of them, including the non expansion port ones just for the heck of it...

 

 

Cheers!

[toymailman]

I moved mine 7800's from post #1 so that can be where I keep the list.

------------------

I don't have any of the original 5000 that I found discussed in other threads, but I have a few that start with an "AT" (both 84 and 85). The 84's are Atari Inc. while the 85's have an Atari Corp on them.

 

I have:

AT8416922 (CIB with the stickers and Rescue on Fractalus on cover)

AT8430276

AT8450981

AT8453505

AT8460391

AT8462898

AT85027591

AT85027818

 

[Fyrebird]

My first post here, joined quite awhile ago too... I guess better late than never.. here is my 7800 number, sorry for the poor quality, using my cell phone.

[Tubular Gearhead]

My first post here, joined quite awhile ago too... I guess better late than never.. here is my 7800 number, sorry for the poor quality, using my cell phone.

 

Welcome, glad you posted.

 

"1292 EP"

 

Nice, low El Paso #- cool!

[+bennybingo]

My first post here, joined quite awhile ago too... I guess better late than never.. here is my 7800 number, sorry for the poor quality, using my cell phone.

 

Welcome, glad you posted.

 

"1292 EP"

 

Nice, low El Paso #- cool!

 

 

Hello all! I am new to the forums, but a long time collector / player of all that is Atari. When I saw this post, I decided to check my serial numbers and came across an oddball. Help me out with this one:

 

[toymailman]

Hello all! I am new to the forums, but a long time collector / player of all that is Atari. When I saw this post, I decided to check my serial numbers and came across an oddball. Help me out with this one:

It looks to be made in China, and I assume it does not have the expansion interface. This one might be after the "A3" series. I'll add it in the list at the end unless someone knows better.

[+bennybingo]

Hello all! I am new to the forums, but a long time collector / player of all that is Atari. When I saw this post, I decided to check my serial numbers and came across an oddball. Help me out with this one:

It looks to be made in China, and I assume it does not have the expansion interface. This one might be after the "A3" series. I'll add it in the list at the end unless someone knows better.

 

Woo Hoo!!!! I have something unique...at least for this moment. I shall cherish it!!!!!

 

btw...no expansion unit

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

I've never opened my 7800..... is the "expansion port" still on the later motherboards, and the case simply lacking the opening?

[gdement]

Iggy*SJB' date='Thu Mar 3, 2011 7:11 PM' timestamp='1299208286' post='2224545']

I've never opened my 7800..... is the "expansion port" still on the later motherboards, and the case simply lacking the opening?

The solder pads for the expansion port are still on the motherboard, but the pins are missing.

 

 

edit.. it appears that d2f's username has broken the quote tag. Hacker!!

Edited March 4, 2011 by gdement

[[d2f]Iggy*SJB]

Iggy*SJB' date='Thu Mar 3, 2011 7:11 PM' timestamp='1299208286' post='2224545']

I've never opened my 7800..... is the "expansion port" still on the later motherboards, and the case simply lacking the opening?

The solder pads for the expansion port are still on the motherboard, but the pins are missing.

 

 

edit.. it appears that d2f's username has broken the quote tag. Hacker!!

 

LOL! I never noticed that(the quote tags)... I wonder if I can edit my username to just "Iggy"? I'll have to look into that.

[+bennybingo]

Are any of these systems serial #'s more coveted than others? If so, what is the difference between them?

[Tubular Gearhead]

Are any of these systems serial #'s more coveted than others? If so, what is the difference between them?

 

There are some older threads about the differences. Here is one about the 1984 earlier models...

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/9812-1984-7800s/

 

There are a much smaller number of these earlier models out there, they were made in Texas , and they also tend to be fully socketed on the motherboard.

It took me a while to find one, so they hold more value to me.

 

I think some of the back history on the 7800 is pretty interesting stuff.

[+bennybingo]

Are any of these systems serial #'s more coveted than others? If so, what is the difference between them?

 

There are some older threads about the differences. Here is one about the 1984 earlier models...

 

http://www.atariage....812-1984-7800s/

 

There are a much smaller number of these earlier models out there, they were made in Texas , and they also tend to be fully socketed on the motherboard.

It took me a while to find one, so they hold more value to me.

 

I think some of the back history on the 7800 is pretty interesting stuff.

 

 

Thanks for the info. I still want to figure out exactly what that weird serial # I have on one of my consoles means (the pic I posted earlier - X 210 011292)

 

 

[TwinChargers]

Here are my two-

 

A1 76 5804969 (has expansion port)

A3 07 5292755 (no expansion)

 

Interesting to learn what the different serial #'s mean, even if mine are uneventful.

[godzillajoe]

AT8462542

 

A187 5410351

[toymailman]

AT8462542

 

A187 5410351

Does your A1 unit have the expansion port. I am assuming it does not.