Questions - Universe/68, HP-9134A,VT420 composite video

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KB Alert: This is a good tidbit for the knowledge base.

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Tony Duell 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.
>
> 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
>

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