atari 2600 promotional system

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hi all, i have posted a few times on here mostly with questions , and i
must say you have all been great. thank you for answering. i have
learned allot about video games and collecting. i recently was able
to find an atari promotional system in it's box.. though i had done some
reading and i was under the impression that these were made in
sunnyvale? the one that i have has the box that says that it is
promotional, and the bottom of the system has burned in not for resale
for promotional use only. though it does not say sunnyvale anywhere on
the console, is it suppose to say sunnyvale, or ?? i was really hoping
i found a true blue promo system.. but maybe not? anyhow any feedback
would;d be awesome.. thank you all again!

 

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Hi! I worked for Atari on Borregas Av. in Sunnyvale in the Engineering
Building. All three Atari divisions were housed in the Engineering
Bldg.
To Wit: Arcade, Computers, hove gaming systems (aka 2600). Most
fun job I ever had. Google This: "What went right at Atari" and you
will
get my feelings about that wonderful company. I know for a fact that
the 400/800 Computer was made in Sunnyvale. I suppose the promotional
game machine that you have was made in Sunnyvale. In 1981 I worked
on an "in store Demo of the 400/800 Home Computer." The programmer
who did the Demo itself was in love with a computer language called
FORTH and coded the Demo in FORTH. The Demo ran by itself --
unattended.

I remember we had access to "the game room" where all the games ran
at the push of a button. We didn't have to spend a dime on playing
games.
I remember being one of the first people to play Tempest and Missile
Command in its Arcade version.

It is a myster why Atari self destructed starting in 1982. Seems like
Atari could have recovered from a bad Pac Man and a strange E.T. game
forthe 2600 ...

Soooooo.... your Demo is, indeed for Sunnyvale. We had a ton of
Warehouses all around the Engineering Bldg. One of the companies that
got a ton of stuff form the old warehouses was Bruce (the B in B + C
Computervision) ... Why not do a Google on "B+C Computervision" and
see the prototypes that Bruce has for sale ... I think he is still in
business as of Arpril 2005. But I too lazy to put this msg. on hold to
check.

Anyhow, congratulations on your very rare historical object.

Bill Haslacher former Atariaan

 

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Hi! I worked for Atari on Borregas Av. in Sunnyvale in the Engineering
Building. All three Atari divisions were housed in the Engineering
Bldg.
To Wit: Arcade, Computers, hove gaming systems (aka 2600). Most
fun job I ever had. Google This: "What went right at Atari" and you
will
get my feelings about that wonderful company. I know for a fact that
the 400/800 Computer was made in Sunnyvale. I suppose the promotional
game machine that you have was made in Sunnyvale. In 1981 I worked
on an "in store Demo of the 400/800 Home Computer." The programmer
who did the Demo itself was in love with a computer language called
FORTH and coded the Demo in FORTH. The Demo ran by itself --
unattended.

I remember we had access to "the game room" where all the games ran
at the push of a button. We didn't have to spend a dime on playing
games.
I remember being one of the first people to play Tempest and Missile
Command in its Arcade version.

It is a myster why Atari self destructed starting in 1982. Seems like
Atari could have recovered from a bad Pac Man and a strange E.T. game
forthe 2600 ...

Soooooo.... your Demo is, indeed for Sunnyvale. We had a ton of
Warehouses all around the Engineering Bldg. One of the companies that
got a ton of stuff form the old warehouses was Bruce (the B in B + C
Computervision) ... Why not do a Google on "B+C Computervision" and
see the prototypes that Bruce has for sale ... I think he is still in
business as of Arpril 2005. But I too lazy to put this msg. on hold to
check.

Anyhow, congratulations on your very rare historical object.

Bill Haslacher former Atariaan

 

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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 Bill Haslacher wrote:

> Hi! I worked for Atari on Borregas Av. in Sunnyvale in the Engineering
> Building. All three Atari divisions were housed in the Engineering
> Bldg.
> To Wit: Arcade, Computers, hove gaming systems (aka 2600). Most
> fun job I ever had.

[snip]

Nice bit of inside history!

> One of the companies that
> got a ton of stuff form the old warehouses was Bruce (the B in B + C
> Computervision) ... Why not do a Google on "B+C Computervision" and
> see the prototypes that Bruce has for sale ... I think he is still in
> business as of April 2005.

I've seen B & C ComputerVisions at the Classic Gaming Expo. The
website is at http/www.myatari.com

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http/videocam.net.au/fcug

 

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the promo 4 switches were made in sunnyvale and taiwan. its just that simple. i really dont know what the guy who says he worked there for 3 years was rambling on about the 600/800 obviously has nothing to do with your question. ok so if it should have a sticker on the bottom with serial number and say either manufactured in sunnyvale or taiwan. either way its still going to be branded with the "for promotional use only" of coarse the sunnyvales would be worth more #1 because they are a little older #2 there were less made. so i guess from the lst post one can say doesnt matter if someone worked at atari if they dont know what they are talking about? lol want more info on the ever so rare sunnyvale 4 switch? i have it and i have them some with serial numbers as low as 14,XXX 22,XXX atari-friends@live.com