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     Pictures of the 16K RAM Astrocade Viper 1 and pictures of the prototype with 32K of RAM. Click any picture for a larger view.

Viper Keyboard The Viper Keyboard
Viper Z-GRASS 2000 Viper Z-GRASS 2000 Prototype
Viper (back view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Back view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper (back-top view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Back-top view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper (front-top view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Front-top view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper (inside-board1 view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Inside-board1 view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper (inside-board2 view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Inside-board2 view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper (inside-closeup view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Inside-closeup view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper (inside-front-close view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Inside-front-close view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper (Inside-front view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Inside-front view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper (Top view) thumbnail Viper 1 (Top view) - 16k RAM expansion for Astrocade
Viper_grayscale_vol-4 Viper with keyboard and Astrocade (from the Arcadian Vol. 4, Page 43)
Viper RAM Expansion (Front) Viper RAM Expansion (Front)
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Viper RAM Expansion (Back) Viper RAM Expansion (Back)
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Viper RAM Expansion (Bottom) Viper RAM Expansion (Bottom)
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Viper RAM Expansion (Side) Viper RAM Expansion (Side)
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Viper RAM Expansion (Top Cover Removed) Viper RAM Expansion (Top Cover Removed)
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Viper RAM Expansion (Inside) Viper RAM Expansion (Inside)
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Viper System 1 (Cart/SYST 1/Keyboard)
Viper System 1 (STST1)
Viper System 1 (SYST1 with 32K)


Viper System 1.

Here are three Polaroid pictures of the Viper System 1 expansion system for the Bally Arcade/Astrocade that I've scanned from the Bob Fabris Collection. I can't put these pictures into exact context, but these appear to be pre-production versions of the Viper System 1 with 32K RAM. One is the keyboard and memory expansion and two are close-ups of the RAM expansion. Check out the size of those capacitors! The original pictures are quite dark and it is hard to make out details here.

Viper_Polaroid_01 Polaroid from the Bob Fabris collection. These six Polaroids seem to be from the development of the Viper 5 expansion unit. This is a prototype that was never released.
Viper_Polaroid_02 Polaroid from the Bob Fabris collection. These six Polaroids seem to be from the development of the Viper 5 expansion unit. This is a prototype that was never released.
Viper_Polaroid_04 Polaroid from the Bob Fabris collection. These six Polaroids seem to be from the development of the Viper 5 expansion unit. This is a prototype that was never released.
Viper_Polaroid_05 Polaroid from the Bob Fabris collection. These six Polaroids seem to be from the development of the Viper 5 expansion unit. This is a prototype that was never released.
Viper_Polaroid_06 Polaroid from the Bob Fabris collection. These six Polaroids seem to be from the development of the Viper 5 expansion unit. This is a prototype that was never released.
Viper_Polaroid_07 Polaroid from the Bob Fabris collection. These six Polaroids seem to be from the development of the Viper 5 expansion unit. This is a prototype that was never released.
Viper System Prototype Viper (With Keyboard and 2 Disk Drives)(alt) Viper System Prototype (with Keyboard and 2 Disk Drives)

The top picture is the original glossy for the Viper Zgrass prototype used for the ARCADIAN, 5, no. 12 (October 24, 1983): 174. Since it's the original, the quality is much higher than what appeared in the newsletter. A similar, second version of the hardware (which didn't appear in the newsletter) was found in the Bob Fabris Collection.

For archiving purposes, a lossless, TIFF version of one of these pictures is available.
  1. Viper (With Keyboard and 2 Disk Drives)
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