EricDeLee Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 last year when I had a yard sale, I remember talking to a guy my age that used to collect Atari Items. When asked if he had any left I was trying to buy him out if possible!!!) he advised that he sold it all. He mentioned something very curious, but I didn't think about it again until just recently. He stated that he sold his Atari 2600... and that his Atari 2600 came with speakers built into it. Now... I've read somewhere before that the original plans were to have speakers included within the Atari 2600 system. Thus the reasoning behind having speaker slots on the older Ataris (I think the Heavy sixers and such). So my question is... Did Atari produce any out there that came with speakers? I kind of laughed at the guy last year and I simply thought that he was just foolish and didn't know what he was talking about. But now... I wonder. Perhaps it was just a homebrew type of thing, but who knows. Perhaps it was some type of prototype. What are your thoughts on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I'm guessing (and this is just a guess) that he saw the speaker cut-outs in it from the top, and assumed they were in there. On my six-switch, you can see the cut-outs easily, but there are no speakers. I suppose it'd probably be doable to put speakers in there as a homebrew project, but you'd also have to find someplace to mount a volume knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_wizard Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 never heard of speakers in it. who know's though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueleader Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 link to an old discussion on this: http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.p...t=2600+speakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dykesr Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 I just looked at my heavy sixer and infact they do have speaker slots but no speakers, maybee they were for speakers but i have no idea. RD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 They were supposed to be for speakers, but they never added the audio output hardware to the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 In addition to speaker grilles in the top of the case, heavy sixers have speaker mounting risers in the bottom of the case. I don't think it would be too tough to hack in a set of speakers, but I wouldn't want to alter my heavy 6. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_wizard Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 learn something everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dykesr Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 WOW i did not know that that is good info, thanks RD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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