At 13:50 -0700 on 25/07/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
>> > I can tell you how to decode it on an old model.
>> > The first character or 2
>> > are letters. It/they denote the plant that the
>> Mac
>> > was made in. The next
>> > digit is the last # of the year, and the following
>> 2
>> > digits are the week it
>> > was made. So if you have a serial # that says:
>> > F4420351PT it was
>> > manufactured in the 42nd week of 1994 at the
>> Fremont
>> > California plant.
>>
>> That could also be 1994. :)
>
>DOH! 1984... Nine-Teen Eighty-Four.
Considering that the IIfx was made from 1990-1992 or thereabouts, finding a
serial number starting with 4 is probably pretty unlikely, but then I would
guess Kyle was just giving an example :)
p
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