My 400/800 Super Salt Version 3.03 - 33 pictures could take a while to load

  Anyone have one of these, Ver. 3.03 ?  Since I was getting ready to sell mine
(along with a few others from the same collection) I have been searching the Web

For info but have not had much luck. Found only one other verifiable example

With screen shot but I suspect it is in the hands of  a Non-US collector since the
start screen shows it is plugged into a PAL system. Other then that 1
example I have not been able to find another. There was one listed on Ebay late
last year as Ver. 3.03 but auction pictures showed it was actually a  Part #FD100335

Rev. A . not Ver. 3.03

 

   Since info and screen shots seem nearly impossible to find I thought I would
post all the different screen OPTIONS along with what is displayed after running
each option. Also included a scan of the cartridge, Label and Inner PCB front and back.

 

   NOTE I ran this on a 800XL so some of the functions returned error results ( Switches, OS System)

Not sure what the ”ADJUS TMENT” function does but on my 800XL it just returned a black screen,

waited a few minutes but nothing happened so not sure if I needed to wait longer or it simply does not

do anything on my 800XL,. Also when  entering the serial # in the ”production” function I keep getting

a warning stating wrong #

 

   I’ll start with the Cartridge and Label

 

   Interestingly there is an "Atari Rejected" labeled applied to this cart and
Identified as either 1250XL or 1200xl (not sure the third number since it

Was written at the crease so its not fully readable). Below are scans of the REJECTED label pulled

away from the front of the cartridge and placed flat allowing it to be viewed complete from left to

right (Rejected label glue has dried out on the front but still firmly stuck to the side) Additionaly it

is labeled 400/800 SALT on the back label and under the Red Rejected Label.

 

 

 

 

 

Below PCB front & back

 

 

 

 

Below is the start screen as displayed on my 800xl (NTSC)

 

 

Below is the Function/options screen

 

 

I have included only the 1 screen shot below showing the option Screen with the command entered.

The command line selection is entered using the 1 key letter command show in Red for each function,

once pressed it automaticaly enters the correct command. Once entered you then need to press the

enter key to run the function

 

 

Below are screen shots of all the Functions/Options.

 

1^st option ANYVIDEO

 

 

2^nd option COLORBARS

 

 

 

3^rd option GRAYBARS

 

 

4^TH option keyoard (Blue is lowercase, Red is uppercase)

 

 

5^TH option PORT TEST

 

    There are 2 settings that can be used for results.

Either “Pass / Fail” or “Display Errors” (Set using “DISPLAY OPTIONS”)

I have included both types of screen results below.

 

 

 

6^TH option RAM TEST

  When running the RamTest a second option screen will display asking you to choose a number from 1 to 4,

each choice will check 8K Blocks RAM.

Example 1 = 8K, 2 = 16k, 3 = 24k and 4 = 32k

 

 

 

 

 

 

7^th option SWITCHES

 

 

8^TH option TONE TEST – This function when run will play a series of tones. It
runs through 3 different registers and the # changed with each series of tones

 

 

9^th option VOLTAGE TEST

 

 

 

10^th option PRODUCTION TEST – Requires a serial number. I suspect it wants the unit serial number

and since I am using an 800XL it is looking in the wrong location and returning the error message

 

 

 

11^th option BAUD RATE

 

 

 

12^th option DISPLAY OPTIONS – As stated above this function lets you set both
the way the results are displayed and also if you want to run a continues cycle.

I did not check the continues cycle option but I guess it runs all the test on after
the other ?

 

 

 

 

13^th option ITIA

 

 

14^th option EXT AUDIO

 

Blank screen – May need an external speaker attached ?

 

15^th option QUE SPEAKER

 

Blank screen but makes a tone when buttons are pressed

 

16^th option BI CLOCK – blank screen probably the 800XL issue again

 

17^th option ADJUST – blank screen and then nothing, may need to wait longer
but nothing seems to be happening

 

18^th option OS ROM