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|AB<ref name="hof">http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1612</ref>|| ||Albuquerque New Mexico
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|AB<ref name="hof">http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1612</ref>||ABO||Albuquerque, NM
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|AK||AKO<ref name="hof"/>||Acton Nagog Park, MA
 
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|AY<ref name="hof"/>||AYO||Ayr Scotland
 
|AY<ref name="hof"/>||AYO||Ayr Scotland
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|BK<ref name="zin">http://zinser.no-ip.info/eng/vms/qaa/sernum.htmlx</ref>||BKO||Germany
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|CA<ref name="zon"/>||CAO||Misato, Japan
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|||CRL<ref name="hof"/>||Cambridge Research Labs, MA
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|CX<ref name="hof"/>||CXO||Colorado Springs, CO
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|DY<ref name="hof"/>||DYO||Dayton, OH
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|GA<ref name="hof"/>||GAO||Galway, Ireland
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|HK<ref name="stu">http://www.sture.ch/content/interpreting-vax-and-alpha-serial-numbers</ref>||HKO||Hong Kong
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|HL<ref name="hof"/>||HLO||Hudson, MA
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|HM<ref name="hof"/>||HMO||(unknown), Ireland
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|HY<ref name="zon"/>||HYO||(unknown), Japan
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|IQ<ref name="zin"/>||IQO||(unknown)
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|KA<ref name="hof"/>||KAO||Kanata Ontario
 
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|KB<ref name="hof"/>||KBO||Kaufbeuren Germany
 
|KB<ref name="hof"/>||KBO||Kaufbeuren Germany
 
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|CX<ref name="hof"/>||CXO||Colorado Springs
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|KL<ref name="hof"/>||KLO||Clonmel, Ireland
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|||LKG<ref name="hof"/>||Littleton (King Street), MA
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|ML<ref name="hof"/>||MLO||Maynard (The Mill), MA
 
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|GA<ref name="hof"/>||GAO||Galway Ireland
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|MR<ref name="hof"/>||MRO||Marlborough, MA
 
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|HL<ref name="hof"/>||HLO||Hudson Massachusetts
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|NI<ref name="hof"/>||NIO||Salem, NH
 
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|KA<ref name="hof"/>||KAO||Kanata Ontario
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|OG||OGO<ref name="hof"/>||Stow, MA
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|PC<ref name="zon">http://home.zonnet.nl/hvlems/</ref>||PCO||Irvine, Scotland
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|PY<ref name="zon"/>||PYO||(unknown)
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|||SHR<ref name="hof"/>||Shrewsbury, MA
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|TA<ref name="hof"/>||TAO||Tachi, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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|TY<ref name="zon"/>||TYO||(unknown), Japan
 
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|ML<ref name="hof"/>||MLO||Maynard (The Mill) Massachusetts
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|WF<ref name="zin"/>||WFO||Westfield, MA
 
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|MR<ref name="hof"/>||MRO||Marlborough Massachusetts
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|WM<ref name="hof"/>||WMO||Westminster, MA
 
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|NI<ref name="hof"/>||NIO||Salem New Hampshire
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|ZK<ref name="hof"/>||ZKO||Nashua, NH
 
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|SH?<ref name="hof"/>||SHR||Shrewsbury Massachusetts
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|ZS<ref name="hof"/>||ZSO||Bellevue (DECwest), WA
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For Alpha computer systems, the format used is SSYWWNNNNN, where SS is a two-character site code for the DEC manufacturing facility, Y is the year (Alpha starts at 5, for 1995), WW providing a two-digit week within the year from 01 to 52, and a sequential number.<ref name="hof"/>
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For example, my [[AlphaServer ES40]] has a serial number of AY93015765.  This decodes as follows:
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|Facility||AY||Ayr Scotland
 
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|TA<ref name="hof"/>||TAO?||Tachi, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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|Year||9||1999
 
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|WM<ref name="hof"/>||WMO||Westminster Massachusetts
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|Week||30||18-24 July
 
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|ZK<ref name="hof"/>||ZKO||Nashua New Hampshire
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|Number||15765||
 
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Latest revision as of 18:19, 2 May 2015

Many DEC serial numbers begin with a two or three letter code. this code corresponds to the DEC facility where the item was manufactured.

Code Facility
AB[1] ABO Albuquerque, NM
AK AKO[1] Acton Nagog Park, MA
AY[1] AYO Ayr Scotland
BK[2] BKO Germany
CA[3] CAO Misato, Japan
CRL[1] Cambridge Research Labs, MA
CX[1] CXO Colorado Springs, CO
DY[1] DYO Dayton, OH
GA[1] GAO Galway, Ireland
HK[4] HKO Hong Kong
HL[1] HLO Hudson, MA
HM[1] HMO (unknown), Ireland
HY[3] HYO (unknown), Japan
IQ[2] IQO (unknown)
KA[1] KAO Kanata Ontario
KB[1] KBO Kaufbeuren Germany
KL[1] KLO Clonmel, Ireland
LKG[1] Littleton (King Street), MA
ML[1] MLO Maynard (The Mill), MA
MR[1] MRO Marlborough, MA
NI[1] NIO Salem, NH
OG OGO[1] Stow, MA
PC[3] PCO Irvine, Scotland
PY[3] PYO (unknown)
SHR[1] Shrewsbury, MA
TA[1] TAO Tachi, Taoyuan, Taiwan
TY[3] TYO (unknown), Japan
WF[2] WFO Westfield, MA
WM[1] WMO Westminster, MA
ZK[1] ZKO Nashua, NH
ZS[1] ZSO Bellevue (DECwest), WA

For Alpha computer systems, the format used is SSYWWNNNNN, where SS is a two-character site code for the DEC manufacturing facility, Y is the year (Alpha starts at 5, for 1995), WW providing a two-digit week within the year from 01 to 52, and a sequential number.[1]

For example, my AlphaServer ES40 has a serial number of AY93015765. This decodes as follows:

Facility AY Ayr Scotland
Year 9 1999
Week 30 18-24 July
Number 15765
  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1612
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://zinser.no-ip.info/eng/vms/qaa/sernum.htmlx
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 http://home.zonnet.nl/hvlems/
  4. ↑ http://www.sture.ch/content/interpreting-vax-and-alpha-serial-numbers
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