[Info-vax] Part number encoding

[Michael Kraemer]

H Vlems schrieb:

> I'm guessing here but may be if the first two characters are digits
> the product code refers to hardware, otherwise it's either software of
> documentation.
> The last two characters are either a patch level or a (hardware)
> variant of the product. Software was issued on various media, called H-
> kits.
> The reason was that all media kits had product codes that ended in -
> Hn.  When n was 9 you got 9 track PE magtape.
> Hans

Sure?
All CDs I know of start with "AG" and end with "BE", "RE", "XE" or "BS",
be it for VMS, DUNIX or Ultrix.