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Yes. Most vendors comply.... but there are some ATAPI devices from outside
the US
that have been known to violate the rule.
That's one of the reasons that the 'world wide name' proposal was wanted:
to have a GUARANTEED unique id number.
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Hello,
We tried to be very careful when we developed these words in the standard
(as I recall this was back about the ATA-3 timeframe). I don't know about
other device types, but I believe that hard drive vendors have complied
with the standards in this regard since that time. "The combination of
Serial number (words (19:10)) and Model number (words (46:27)) shall be
unique for a given manufacturer," means what it says. Since the model
number string usually contains the manufacturer's name or code, this
combination is a unique value.
Regards,
Mark Evans
Maxtor Corporation
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