+Mitch Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Well, I didn't get any response in the 2600 forum so I thought I'd try here. Does anyone want to make a stab at the rarity for the PAL 2600 Diag cart? And second does anyone have one? Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 not sure how rare it is...at least as rare as the ntsc one. i saw one on ebay a couple months back that i thought was a PAL diagnostic. i can't seem to find the link to it though. it had a description that did NOT describe it well. maybe someone here won that auction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Was it strictly an in-house diag cart, or was it sent off to servive centers abroad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Weee surley ALL diagnostic carts are rare i mean like very rare i mean if they werent available to the general public then thats RARE almost as rare as it gets surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Weee surley ALL diagnostic carts are rare i mean like very rare i meanif they werent available to the general public then thats RARE almost as rare as it gets surely? Not really, there were quite a few Atari Service locations throughout the US and each of them probably had between 5-20 diagnostic carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Not really, there were quite a few Atari Service locations throughout the US and each of them probably had between 5-20 diagnostic carts. Yep, I owned about 4 of them over the last 2 years, what you don't see too often is the Kluge cart (also called STC cart). The diag carts are often hidden in very odd auctions and many people miss them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 cpu, did you catch the 2600 pal diag auction? i cannot seem to find a link to it. it was on ebay in the last three months i thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Yes, I did, I can't find the link either. It definately looked like a PAL diag cart, I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 its still rarer than most but still i agree if there is say about 10 service station that means there will be about 400 Diag carts going around oh well my bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 its still rarer than most but still i agree if there is say about 10 service station that means there will be about 400 Diag carts going around oh well my bad! There were a lot more authorized Atari service centers than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 So... no one wants to admit to owning one? Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 So... no one wants to admit to owning one? Mitch Or no one has one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 So... no one wants to admit to owning one? Mitch Or no one has one. True, but with all of the big name collectors here I find it hard to believe that no one has one. I guess I'll just have to go find one myself. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Why on earth would anyone not admit to having a PAL diagnostic cart ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I wish I own one. But sorry I don't own it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Why on earth would anyone not admit to having a PAL diagnostic cart ? I heard that this cart is much fun to use, especially on a non-PAL TV that everyone who owns one wants to keep it a secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 Why on earth would anyone not admit to having a PAL diagnostic cart ? I have no idea. I guess I forgot to put the smiley at the end of my other post. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Why on earth would anyone not admit to having a PAL diagnostic cart ? I have no idea. I guess I forgot to put the smiley at the end of my other post. Mitch I see. * Puts Pink Panther proto back into safe, right next to the PAL diagnostic cart * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frax Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I won that auction. I'll dump the cart as soon as I can find the time (and my modifided 7800). /frax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted April 25, 2004 Author Share Posted April 25, 2004 I won that auction. I'll dump the cart as soon as I can find the time (and my modifided 7800). /frax Sorry, I missed this post earlier. So you won a PAL 2600 Diag cart? I actually was able to pick one up a week ago but I'd still like to see your dump and check if it is any different than mine. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frax Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Here's a picture, i'll try to dump it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK WOMBLE Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Whys a pal diag cart in a sears case ? Would it have been originally made in the US then ? Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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