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

[Bill Pechter]

In article <tpg9s8-v0l1.ln1 at news.sture.ch>, Paul Sture  <paul at sture.ch> wrote:
>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

I think the ID was wirewrapped on the backplane on the 11/780, 11/785
and 11/750.  Don't think it was the same on the 11/730, though.
(The 11/750 may have had a dip switch -- but I'm thinking that was just
for DEC Remote Diag board install...)

Too many years from Field Service.

Bill

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