IBM 5100 Serial Number Project Redux

From: Wayne Smith <wsmith_at_gj.com>
Date: Wed Aug 18 16:02:53 1999

My serial number project is going slowly. I only received two responses (thanks, Charlie and Joe) and so my sample set has a woeful three date points:13352 (Charlie's), 13513 (mine, sold 1/77) and 14213 (Joe's, sold 9/77). Perhaps a rate of about 1000 units per year in 1977, but too little info to tell. If this rate is correct, I would suspect the the numbering began around 12000 or so.

C'mon everybody, have a look at the back of your 5100 (the number is engraved into the back of the case, usually preceeded by a "10-") and keep those numbers coming.

Thanks.
 
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