18 Apr
2005
18 Apr
'05
9:05 p.m.
It does appear to be the 4 x 1.15MB version. There's
an HP warranty label on the back that dates it to
1982.
Crumbs. I'm glad I lugged it home.
--- "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
they're even there. BTW if your drive is
configured
as four floppy drives
then it should be valuable and VERY desirable to the
HP collectors.
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19 Apr
19 Apr
10:27 a.m.
On 18 Apr 2005 at 18:05, David Comley wrote:
It does appear to be the 4 x 1.15MB version.
There's an HP warranty
label on the back that dates it to 1982.
Well, you still might be in luck if you want to use this with your 64000.
The configurable controller appeared after serial number 2151A04165, and in
HP parlance, the "2151" indicates the 51st week of 1981. So a 1982 unit
may be settable.
-- Dave
6:27 p.m.
It does appear to be the 4 x 1.15MB version. There's
an HP warranty label on the back that dates it to
1982.
Old (pre-about-1997) HP devices (not just computers, but test gear too)
have serial numbers of the form
yywwCnnnnn
Where : yy = number of years since 1960 (note, this might be a single
digit on really old stuff)
ww = week of mnaufactuer (sometimes adjusted for the average time it
takes to get the unit from HP to the custormer)
C = country of production (A = USA, B = Brazil, Q = UK, G = West Germany,
S = Singapore, probably others too)
nnnnn = serial number in that week, etc.
-tony
8:37 p.m.
KB Alert: This is a good tidbit for the knowledge base.
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
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It does appear to be the 4 x 1.15MB version. There's
an HP warranty label on the back that dates it to
1982.
Old (pre-about-1997) HP devices (not just computers, but test gear too)
have serial numbers of the form
yywwCnnnnn
Where : yy = number of years since 1960 (note, this might be a single
digit on really old stuff)
ww = week of mnaufactuer (sometimes adjusted for the average time it
takes to get the unit from HP to the custormer)
C = country of production (A = USA, B = Brazil, Q = UK, G = West Germany,
S = Singapore, probably others too)
nnnnn = serial number in that week, etc.
-tony
12:20 p.m.
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, John Allain wrote:
I think the idea is that Jay isn't going to do it for you.
Either you or Tony have to make the entry.
I would, but I forgot the URL to the KB, and the CC home page has no links
whatsoever to anything.
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(pre-about-1997) HP devices ... have serial numbers of
the form...
KB Alert: This is a good tidbit for the knowledge base.
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