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[Cebus Capucinis]

Mine was made in the USA.

Serial number is:

83S DA 007054 133

[bandit]

S/N 72R DA 00099 143 made in taiwan

[Guitarman]

Latest from a new lot from the computer recycler,

83S DA 72967 173
USA

This one is in bad cosmetic shape, broken key on the keyboard and aluminum strips on the case bent and missing. Will test this weekend.

Hey Yorgle..... wanna sell a case and keyboard??? LOL

[sloopy]

72R DA 06258 173

not made in the usa :'(

i have another, but its buried... will get the SN soon...


sloopy.

[sloopy]

sn on my other 1200XL

72R DA 25430 253
made in taiwan (again)

sloopy.

[kheller2]

poobah, on Sat Aug 8, 2009 1:00 PM, said:

Another new acquisition (in the box, woohoo!)

83S DA 49865 USA

Do you have the last three digits off the sticker? They are inked in blue usually.

[kheller2]

List has been updated.

Larry has the earliest made unit from week 03 of 1983 (17-Jan-83 to 23-Jan-83), and bob1200xl has the latest, week 29 (18-Jul-83 to 24-Jul-83)

[Stephen]

kheller2, on Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:34 AM, said:

List has been updated.

Larry has the earliest made unit from week 03 of 1983 (17-Jan-83 to 23-Jan-83), and bob1200xl has the latest, week 29 (18-Jul-83 to 24-Jul-83)

Do you know how long the full production run was? Six months is not much time difference between oldest and youngest machine amongst us.

Stephen Anderson

[kheller2]

Stephen, on Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:41 AM, said:

kheller2, on Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:34 AM, said:

List has been updated.

Larry has the earliest made unit from week 03 of 1983 (17-Jan-83 to 23-Jan-83), and bob1200xl has the latest, week 29 (18-Jul-83 to 24-Jul-83)

Do you know how long the full production run was? Six months is not much time difference between oldest and youngest machine amongst us.

Stephen Anderson

http://www.faqs.org/.../section-5.html

Production was only for about six months from what everyone has gathered. The history museum might have some official numbers.

[kheller2]

http://www.atari800x.../public/1200xl/ has three serials I need to add:
72R DA 00031 143
83S DA 53211 163
72R DA 00331 143

[hunmanik]

kheller2, on Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:45 PM, said:

Production was only for about six months from what everyone has gathered.  The history museum might have some official numbers.

Hey Karl, do you want to update your estimates of numbers produced from post #36 in this thread?  Maybe add current estimated totals to the main post?  

[kheller2]

hunmanik, on Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:09 PM, said:

kheller2, on Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:45 PM, said:

Production was only for about six months from what everyone has gathered.  The history museum might have some official numbers.

Hey Karl, do you want to update your estimates of numbers produced from post #36 in this thread?  Maybe add current estimated totals to the main post?  

All signs still point to less than 120,000 units. There are some gaps in the serials, however, I've never seen a serial begin with a 6 in the US for example, so there could be less than 100,000 units.

[8bitguy1]

I just got my first 1200XL....

S/N 83S DA 72472 173

Made in the USA

[Guitarman]

Please move this one to me. Thanks Apolloboy!!

72R DA 27735 273 AppolloBoy Taiwan 27735 1983 27 04-Jul-83 10-Jul-83

[Mirage]

Another one to add:

USA-made

83S DA 74124 203

Very good overall condition, in rough but matching serial box with foams. I'll be doing a keyboard overhaul soon.

[BillC]

Just picked up my first 1200XL, with Percom AT88-S1 & 75 floppies on eBay earlier this month.
$39 + shipping ($120 total with shipping to Canada).


System label: USA made 83SDA016375-143

board etched: 0283/C060585/REV 13A

board S/N? label(bottom of board under cartridge slot): |||||bar-code|||||/DA102497

board QA label(to right of S/N label): HCD QA/W1P/INSP/20

keyboard label: MITSUMI/830216

This appears to be totally stock, it was sold as a game system. It doesn't appear that the RF shield had ever been removed before.
It has 28 pin OS sockets, and the 10uF axial capacitor just below the rectifier bridge bypassed.

Edited by BillC, Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:47 AM.

[bob1200xl]

Unearthed just yesterday...

Bob

[JokerCPoC]

bob1200xl, on Wed Sep 1, 2010 5:20 PM, said:

Unearthed just yesterday...

Bob

Image (48).jpg

From what I've read here, out of the 100,000 or so that were made, That only about 119 or so 1200XL computers survived to this day, That's a bit sad and so that makes our computers some rare stuff indeed.

[Guitarman]

JokerCPoC, on Wed Sep 1, 2010 5:41 PM, said:

bob1200xl, on Wed Sep 1, 2010 5:20 PM, said:

Unearthed just yesterday...

Bob

Image (48).jpg

From what I've read here, out of the 100,000 or so that were made, That only about 119 or so 1200XL computers survived to this day, That's a bit sad and so that makes our computers some rare stuff indeed.

I think Bob has the other 99,881!!! LOL

[JokerCPoC]

Guitarman, on Wed Sep 1, 2010 6:56 PM, said:

JokerCPoC, on Wed Sep 1, 2010 5:41 PM, said:

bob1200xl, on Wed Sep 1, 2010 5:20 PM, said:

Unearthed just yesterday...

Bob

Image (48).jpg

From what I've read here, out of the 100,000 or so that were made, That only about 119 or so 1200XL computers survived to this day, That's a bit sad and so that makes our computers some rare stuff indeed.

I think Bob has the other 99,881!!! LOL

It would be nice to know if the 1st and the last 1200XL made are still in existence, sigh.

[remowilliams]

My customized 1200XL



and the boxed beauty

[ACML]

Got this baby working again!!!
Made in the U.S.A. in the 15th week of 1983.
83S DA 021087 153
Given that bob1200XL has 83S DA 000399, that means the U.S. Atari factory was putting out at least ~20,000+ a month!
Just got to love that keyboard!! (When it works)

Played a BASIC game I wrote back in 1982/83 when I was 18 years old. No artifacting, but it bought back the memories!
I used to solve my algorithm problems for my guided missiles in the game "Mission Moscow" while stocking milk and beer at a local convenience store. Yah, I know, I'm a geek!!

[Spancho]

Another one to add:

Taiwan-made

72R DA 09868 203

[erazmus]

The recent bumping of this thread made me dig in my basement to see what my 1200XL was.

USA made

83S DA 007941 143

[Mr.Amiga500]

Thanks to the extreme generosity of davidcalgary29, this one is mine:

72R DA 14944 213 davidcalgary29 Taiwan 14944 1983 21 23-May-83 29-May-83

(I've had it for over a year now, actually. Thanks David!)

I've always loved the brown & cream colour scheme of the XL series. I think it's possible that the XL series was inspired - a bit, at least - by the DEC VT-100. I just bought a DEC VT-100 keyboard. See how similar it looks. (ignoring the unusual, non-standard colours)

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