ApolloBoy Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 What did the 400 and 800 boxes look like before the 1200XL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Mostly black with an upper portion in red AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 What did the 400 and 800 boxes look like before the 1200XL? Ripped from Ebay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Kay Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 What did the 400 and 800 boxes look like before the 1200XL? Ripped from Ebay: I said before the 1200XL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari-passion Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari-passion Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Hello, look for 1200xl boxed A+ Arnaud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Notice how the 800 box shows the original 410 tape player which was only on the market for a short time. Interesting. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted July 23, 2003 Author Share Posted July 23, 2003 Hello, look for 1200xl boxed A+ Arnaud Uh, I didn't ask to see the 1200XL box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Uh, I didn't ask to see the 1200XL box. What was that? You wanted to see a 65XE box? Here you go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 How about a nice accessory to go with your 1200XL box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Callipygous Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 First 800 box was a plain brown box. Not sure about the 400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Bryede, So someone stamped the 1200XL message on there? Weird. | Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Bryede, So someone stamped the 1200XL message on there? Weird. | Its Pre-1200XL meaning before 83 soo I will just call the silver box the original! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 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........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Wow you got me real good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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