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

[Paul Sture]

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:01:40 -0800, Dave wrote:

> 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
          ^^^^^^

Heh. The VAXstation 3100 (model 38) I inherited came with the name 
SPEEDY, when I was already using Alpha 8400s, but I didn't have the heart 
to change it ;-)

-- 
Paul Sture