At 10:18 AM 8/17/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Robert Uiterwyk <uiterwyk_at_eisers.com> 08/16 11:53 AM wrote:
>
>>I am desperately looking to fill the last hole in my "machines that I have
>>worked with" museum.
>>
>>An IBM 5100 - This machine used two 1/4 inch tape drives and had either
>>Basic or APL (or both) in ROM. Inbtroduced in 1975 by IBM.
>
>I am seeking assistance in estimating the total production of IBM 5100s.
I believe this can be done by collecting a sufficiently large sample of
serial numbers and related information. Hopefully, I will be able to
divine the numbering convention and thereby come up with a reasonable
estimate of total production. This, of course, assumes that the units were
serially numbered.
>
>Therefore, I am looking following information for 5100 units:
>
>1. Model (BASIC only, APL only or APL/BASIC)
>2. Manufacture date (if known)
>3. Serial number
>
>Also, I would like to receive item 2 and 3 information of 5106 tape drive
units.
>
>Thanks, all.
Mine is 5100WT # 13352, (BA101), and the tape drive is 5106WT #31965.
Regards
Charlie Fox
Charles E. Fox
Chas E. Fox Video Productions
793 Argyle Rd. Windsor N8Y 3J8 Ont. Canada
email foxvideo_at_wincom.net Homepage
http://www.wincom.net/foxvideo
Received on Tue Aug 17 1999 - 13:40:37 BST