What Atari harness is this?

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Anyone recognize the wiring harness in the attached pics? Note: The blue tag may not be for this harness. I just found it in the same wiring nest. The cloth tag is 100% faded, cannot read any info on that. I've never seen an Atari PCB connector with a label before ("THIS SIDE OUT" & "THIS SIDE UP"). I parted this out so long ago, I have no idea. I'm thinking possibly Battlezone, as I have another small harness with a blue tag number of A036248, which the Battlezone manual identifies as a "speaker harness". But I did a lot of searching on the blue tag in this picture, A006921 with no results.
 

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First result in GOOGLE for "A006921 K&S" ...
>> Super Breakout Harness (coin door) - page 5-11 table

SB_Harness.jpg


Though likely the blue tag is not applicable to the harness shown. As the table relates to the smaller coin door harness.

 
The harness looks consistent with a BZ. (Main and aux connectors, spaced out by a distance.). That's what the stickers mean. One is for the top (upper/aux) board.

Note there are also two types of brick connectors on BZ's. I don't know if some were Irish, or why they are different. But I believe I've posted about it before, I just don't have the link handy.

They are both 15-pin, but one type is bigger than the other, so they are not interchangeable. You'd basically need a brick that has that same type (or change the harness-side connector).

That one looks like the bigger type, so maybe it came from an Irish cab. You may notice the difference if you try to plug that harness onto a standard USA raster or BZ or AD brick (as it may not fit).
 
First result in GOOGLE for "A006921 K&S" ...
>> Super Breakout Harness (coin door) - page 5-11 table

SB_Harness.jpg


Though likely the blue tag is not applicable to the harness shown. As the table relates to the smaller coin door harness.
I googled without "K&S" and it came up with Starship, but when I looked through the manual, I couldn't find any reference. I do agree, it looks like the tag is for something else, as a coin door harness is much less.
 
I don't think that blue tag has anything to do with the harness shown.

The 1x5 Molex on that harness is also consistent with BZ, for the speaker/fluorescent wiring.

Also, a BZ should have a 4x3 connector for the vector monitor, as well as another 12-pin connector for the CP. (I can't see for sure from the pic.)
 
Also, forgot to mention, there is one 15 pin connector (5x3), with the very center pin being female and all other pins being male. This is shown better in the 2nd picture if you zoom in on it. A black & white vector only has 12 pins. Could this be one of the Atari color vectors?

And it does have a 12 pin connector, all female pins. Hmmm, that could be the black & white vector monitor connector.
 
Also, forgot to mention, there is one 15 pin connector (5x3), with the very center pin being female and all other pins being male. This is shown better in the 2nd picture if you zoom in on it. A black & white vector only has 12 pins. Could this be one of the Atari color vectors?


That's the brick connector I was mentioning above. Pin 8 is keyed.
 
Does look like a BZ harness but side by side the BZ and RB harness' look the same.

Can you read the greenish cloth tag? My RB doesn't have any tags but my BZ does...
The main harness has number A036243-01
BZ_Main.jpg

Monitor harness A036245-01
BZ_Monitor.jpg

CP harness A036246-01
BZ_ControlPanel.jpg
 
Definitely an upright, not cabaret, harness based upon the 1x5 molex plug for the marquee light and speaker.

Scott C.
 
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