Warner logo on 7800's

[liquid_sky]

I have an 84 7800 and the sticker on the bottom of my unit has the Warner Communications logo.. wouldnt this have been a legal problem when the units shipped in 86, since Atari was no longer a Warner holding?

[Brad2600]

Hmm. No Warner on the bottom of my 7800.

 

I assume that they probably didn't think it was important enough to warrant action so that might explain why they didn't replace the Warner logo.

[liquid_sky]

decided to scan it to make things more clear.

[Brad2600]

Here's the label on the bottom of my 7800.

[Lemmi]

the 7800 i have hooked up right now has the warner logo too

this is the 7800 i bought when they first came out

 

my serial # is AT8403242

 

i have 2 others (i finally found them)

but they are now burried under mounds

of other videogame stuff

[+-^CrossBow^-]

2 possibilities on this.

 

Either these are some of the 84' era made 7800s that didn't get released until 86 or possibly were picked up in 84. If so they should have expansion ports on the side...with the actual port and not just a hole.

 

Or...most likely...

 

Atari was using up some old labels they had laying around to save on supply costs. I don't believe mine has the Warner label..as it was purchased in 88. But as well all know...I have an 84 model main board inside my 88' made unit. Yeap..double checked...no Warner logo on mine.

 

I bet they were using up old labels they had on hand for these..

 

[+kheller2]

Well.. I have a '86 version with expansion port but no WC on the label, however, the box for it does have a WC logo and a Atari Corp long thin sticker cover the 1984 copyright.

 

Me thinks they just used whatever they had left in inventory to build some of these.

[Curt Vendel]

Well.. I have a '86 version with expansion port but no WC on the label, however, the box for it does have a WC logo and a Atari Corp long thin sticker cover the 1984 copyright.

 

Me thinks they just whatever they had left in inventory to build some of these.

 

Karl,

 

You are correct.... Atari manufactured approx 5K of 7800's in May-June 84 and in July 84 the company was sold and that stock, along with more parts in the El Paso assembly plant were all mothballed until 86' at which time manufacturing resumed, and whatever "leftovers" were used and sold. The original 84' boxes stated that the Console was upgradeable to a computer with option keyboard. A sticker was placed over that blurb on the 84' boxes released in 86'

 

So all of the New old Stock was sold off as was countless thousands of 800XL's, 1050 disk drives and anything else already manufactured and sitting around when the company was sold.

 

 

Curt