dhamilton
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So I recently acquired a Deskpro 386/16, dated from September 1986, the month they began shipping.
Some clever person has already explained either here on VOGONS, that the beginning of the old Compaq serial numbers give you the year and week a machine was assembled.
This machine's serial number is 4637AJ4B0052. So this machine was build week 37, 1986. This dates it between September 8th and 12th 1986. Amazing thing is, the Deskpro 386 was announced to world and began sales on September 9th 1986.
So it's pretty certain this was one of the first machines to roll off the line... but how close? The serial number ends with "0052." Does that mean this could be "the 52nd machine" off the line? I don't know how to decode AJ4B. Not sure if anyone does, but here's to hoping.
Does anyone have theories about what AJ4B might mean?
Some clever person has already explained either here on VOGONS, that the beginning of the old Compaq serial numbers give you the year and week a machine was assembled.
This machine's serial number is 4637AJ4B0052. So this machine was build week 37, 1986. This dates it between September 8th and 12th 1986. Amazing thing is, the Deskpro 386 was announced to world and began sales on September 9th 1986.
So it's pretty certain this was one of the first machines to roll off the line... but how close? The serial number ends with "0052." Does that mean this could be "the 52nd machine" off the line? I don't know how to decode AJ4B. Not sure if anyone does, but here's to hoping.
Does anyone have theories about what AJ4B might mean?