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

[Dave]

On Dec 20, 6:34 am, MG <marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
> 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.)
>
>   - MG

On my DS10,

$  show cpu/full

System: SPEEDY, AlphaServer DS10 617 MHz

  SMP execlet   = 3 : Disabled : Uniprocessing.
  Config tree   = None
  Primary CPU   = 0
  HWRPB CPUs    = 1
  Page Size     = 8192
  Revision Code =
  Serial Number = 4239DQMZA024
  Default CPU Capabilities:
        System: QUORUM RUN
  Default Process Capabilities:
        System: QUORUM RUN

i.e. I have Serial Number, but no Revision Code.     (SDA shows just
"the dots")

Dave