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

[Paul Sture]

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:02:32 -0600, Bob Koehler wrote:

> In article <4ef11a62$0$6943$e4fe514c at news2.news.xs4all.nl>, MG
> <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
>> 
>> My guess is that the revision and serial number information was mostly
>> added there to identify IA-64 (and possibly later Alpha) processors?
> 
>    The serial number of a VAX 11/780 was readable from the system ID
>    register.  I haven't seen such since VAX-11, but I'd not be surprized
>    if it was there on an 8000 series VAX with an SBI.

Didn't all 750s have the same ID?



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Paul Sture