[Info-vax] Alpha CPU revision & serial number, blank?

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In article <4ef072d2$0$6974$e4fe514c at news2.news.xs4all.nl>, MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
>In my DS10s, I've noticed that "CPU Revision" and "Serial Number"
>are simply 'blank', or a string of dots ("...." and "..........").
>
>Any idea as to why?  Is that usual?  (It has been sometime since I
>last had an Alpha and I may not have noticed before, if it shouldn't
>be out of the ordinary.)

SDA> CLUE CONFIG
System Configuration:
---------------------
System Information:
System Type   AlphaServer DS10 617 MHz                  Primary CPU ID 00
Cycle Time    1.6 nsec (617 MHz)                        Pagesize       8192 Byte

Memory Configuration:
Cluster      PFN Start      PFN Count           Range (MByte)            Usage
 #00               0            256            0.0 MB -        2.0 MB    Console
 #01             256         130708            2.0 MB -     1023.1 MB    System 
 #02          130964            108         1023.1 MB -     1024.0 MB    Console
 #03          131072         131070         1024.0 MB -     2047.9 MB    System 
 #04          262142              2         2047.9 MB -     2048.0 MB    Console

Per-CPU Slot Processor Information:
CPU ID         00                        CPU State    rc,pa,pp,cv,pv,pmv,pl
CPU Type       EV67  Pass 2.4 (21264A)       
PAL Code       1.98-83                   Halt PC      FFFFFFFF.84FC8898
CPU Revision   ....                      Halt PS      00000000.00001504
Serial Number  ..........                Halt Code    "Console Operator Induced Crash"
Console Vers   V7.1-1                    Halt Request "Default, No Action"

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