IBM 5100 Serial Number Project Redux

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Aug 19 08:17:19 1999

At 02:02 PM 8/18/99 -0700, Wayne wrote:
>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.

   Actually mine is on a metal plate on the bottom of the machine.

    Joe
Received on Thu Aug 19 1999 - 08:17:19 BST