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[Christophero Sly]

Tubular Gearhead, on Thu Apr 7, 2011 11:25 AM, said:

Christophero Sly, on Thu Apr 7, 2011 10:50 AM, said:

If the EP units were supposedly made in Texas, why do they all clearly say "Made in Taiwan" on the label?

I have wondered the same thing and asked the same question.

I have a guess- maybe all the labels were ordered and printed to say "made in Taiwan" because that is where the ultimate manufacturing location was going to be, and it was just cost effective to print them all this way- ignoring the fact that the first run would come out of Texas.

Anyone else want to hazard a guess or shed some light on the subject? Also, the question as to why my EP model has a # in the 8K range?

Thanks in advance!

Indeed. Is there any hard evidence to back up the claim that these EP units were made in Texas and that only 5000 of them were produced, or are those notions just based on hearsay, and thus, likely apocryphal?

[candyman58]

Anyone want to try and explain me this...?

My family is the original owner of this system, and to the best of my knowledge, we've only had one. So I guess my question is why is there 2 labels attached to this particular system? You can tell someone tried to peel the top one off, for one reason or another. I don't think my family would've attached a second label only to peel it off.
Any ideas?

[Christophero Sly]

Maybe you had the unit serviced at some point. Atari service would stick a new label over the top of the original label to indicate that the unit had been serviced. Maybe you peeled off that label.

[candyman58]

Christophero Sly, on Fri Apr 8, 2011 11:51 AM, said:

Maybe you had the unit serviced at some point. Atari service would stick a new label over the top of the original label to indicate that the unit had been serviced. Maybe you peeled off that label.

Hmmm, I don't ever remember getting it serviced, but I was also young at the time that we got it, so it seems like this is the most likely scenario. Thanks!

[toymailman]

Christophero Sly, on Thu Apr 7, 2011 10:50 AM, said:

Also, you might want to edit the title of this thread and remove "Early" as you now seem to be compiling a list of all 7800 serial numbers, not just the earliest ones.

Good point. I'll make the change. I did originally intend to only track the early ones, but it is kind of interesting to see all the changes now that people have submitted them.

[toymailman]

Two more additions for me.

AT 84 63558
A1 6C 5743453

[Ataritard]

Here's mine. 72R4BR A3 84 5029086 (No expansion port)

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[purduecrum]

toymailman, on Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:38 PM, said:

purduecrum, on Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:37 PM, said:

Has expansion interface... A1 5057643.

Interesting, is there any blue lettering (or numbers) between the "A1" and the "5057643"?

Sorry.... 72.

[Classic Pac]

Mine is: 72R4BR A1 5874284

[atarigal]

Mine is:

A1 85 5327815

No expansion port and made in Japan.

[toymailman]

Classic Pac, on Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:18 AM, said:

Mine is: 72R4BR A1 5874284

Does this one have the expansion interface and are there other numbers between the 1 and 5 (A1 ?? 5874284)?

[Classic Pac]

It does have a expansion interface

[toymailman]

Got a gem in the mail today. A complete in box early "EP" 7800 console with all the packing.

EP 264 002574

[Mitch]

Very nice.

Does the front of the box have the text about the computer keyboard add-on?

Mitch

[toymailman]

No, there is no mention of the keyboard on the front, but it has the sticker that maybe covered up the original text on the box itself. Also, there is a sticker on the back that looks like it intentionally covered up some type of advertisement on the box. Maybe the keyboard was mentioned in that section as well. I'll take some pics of the box so you can see.

[Gorfy]

made in Taiwan; has a slot on the left hand side --- is that the expansion port?
# A1 78 5969388

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Edited by Gorfy, Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:39 PM.

[Tifany]

Thought Id add mine to the list!

A3 84 5000929

I bought it in upstate New York around 1989 or 90 i think. Had to have been one of the last ones!


Tifany

[high voltage]

mine is:
A1 01 3012487 (PAL-I (UK)) 1989

[toymailman]

Gorfy, on Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:34 PM, said:

made in Taiwan; has a slot on the left hand side --- is that the expansion port?
# A1 78 5969388

Yep, that's the slot.

[toymailman]

Mitch, on Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:19 PM, said:

Very nice.

Does the front of the box have the text about the computer keyboard add-on?

Pics of the box as promised.



Also, here is a pic of the tag on the inside. I opened it up to check the date on the MB. It is 84-21.

[ApolloBoy]

Mine is X201 031114. It's CIB (the box SN matches) and was made sometime in China during 1990. Obviously it doesn't have an expansion port.

[high voltage]

That's great, are we gonna do the same with the 5200, Lynx and Jag?

Anyhow, was going to add to my serial: 'Asteroids built in'

Edited by high voltage, Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:49 AM.

[phattyboombatty]

Just snagged another unit in a Craigslist deal. I've got:

AT8457660

An original "Warner Communications Company" sticker on the back, along with the expansion port as usual.

[high voltage]

high voltage, on Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:44 AM, said:

Anyhow, was going to add to my serial: 'Asteroids built in'

and to add:
CIB with all packing

[Sonic R]

here's one more for the list…



A1 7B 5112466
(no expansion port)

this was my sisters console which I received in 1992 when she graduated from college… I believe it was purchased in late 1986 or possibly in early 1987? she is the original owner…