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Revision as of 03:23, 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] Albuquerque, NM
AKOCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Germany
CA[2] Misato, Japan
CX[1] CXO Colorado Springs, CO
GA[1] GAO Galway Ireland
HK[3] Hong Kong
HL[1] HLO Hudson, MA
HY[2] ?, Japan
IQ[4] Unknown
KA[1] KAO Kanata Ontario
KB[1] KBO Kaufbeuren Germany
KL[2] Unknown
ML[1] MLO Maynard (The Mill), MA
MR[1] MRO Marlborough, MA
NI[1] NIO Salem, NH
PC[2] Irvine, Scotland
PY[2] Unknown
SH?[1] SHR Shrewsbury, MA
TA[1] TAO? Tachi, Taoyuan, Taiwan
TY[2] ?, Japan
WF[4] Westfield, MA
WM[1] WMO Westminster, MA
ZK[1] ZKO Nashua, NH

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 http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1612
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 http://home.zonnet.nl/hvlems/
  3. ↑ http://www.sture.ch/content/interpreting-vax-and-alpha-serial-numbers
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named zin
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