On Jan 15, 22:40, Rob O'Donnell wrote:
> At 17:05 16/01/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> > > > ARM Evaluation Kit
> >
> >I just checked - mine's S/N 0184 according to the label where the cable
comes
> >out. If that started at 0 I guess they made a few...
>
> Hmm. That sounds like the PSU serial number. Mine is 0119. I have
another
> white
> sticker on the underside o the box itself, full number
> 25-anc13-1000038. (Which
> matches the format of the computer serial numbers.)
I finally remembered to check mine. It's 23-ANC13-1000034. All Acorn
retail product serial numbers of the era are of that form. The 25 tells
where it was made, ANC13 is the product code, the rest is a serial number,
which always starts at 1000000 for production systems or factory
prototypes. So my Archimedes 310 is 27-AKB10-1000002, my 440 is
27-AKB20-1000614, and my A3000 is 27-AKB01-1000028.
A in ANC says it's Acorn hardware (S for Acornsoft), N for the BBC Micro
series of machines (M for Master, D for Compact, K for Archimedes, E for
Econet, etc), C says it's a processor peripheral (A for model A, B for
Model B, F for peripheral, etc), 13 is a model code.
The third letter and the first digit change for variations, so a Model B is
ANB02, with disk interface factory fitted ANB05 (IIRC), Master 128 is
AMB15, and so on. A Domesday system or "BBC AIV System" (a Master 128 plus
interfaces, trackerball, LV player and disks) is AVC11.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Fri Jan 17 2003 - 02:35:06 GMT