DEC Facility Codes
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Many DEC serial numbers begin with a two or three letter code. this code corresponds to the DEC facility where the item was manufactured.
| Code | Facility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AB[1] | Albuquerque, NM | ||
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Germany | ||
| CA[2] | Misato, Japan | ||
| CX[1] | CXO | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| GA[1] | GAO | Galway Ireland | |
| HK[3] | Hong Kong | ||
| HL[1] | HLO | Hudson, MA | |
| HY[2] | ?, Japan | ||
| IQ[4] | Unknown | ||
| KA[1] | KAO | Kanata Ontario | |
| KB[1] | KBO | Kaufbeuren Germany | |
| KL[2] | Unknown | ||
| ML[1] | MLO | Maynard (The Mill), MA | |
| MR[1] | MRO | Marlborough, MA | |
| NI[1] | NIO | Salem, NH | |
| PC[2] | Irvine, Scotland | ||
| PY[2] | Unknown | ||
| SH?[1] | SHR | Shrewsbury, MA | |
| TA[1] | TAO? | Tachi, Taoyuan, Taiwan | |
| TY[2] | ?, Japan | ||
| WF[4] | Westfield, MA | ||
| WM[1] | WMO | Westminster, MA | |
| ZK[1] | ZKO | Nashua, NH | |
For Alpha computer systems, the format used is SSYWWNNNNN, where SS is a two-character site code for the DEC manufacturing facility, Y is the year (Alpha starts at 5, for 1995), WW providing a two-digit week within the year from 01 to 52, and a sequential number.[1]
For example, my AlphaServer ES40 has a serial number of AY93015765. This decodes as follows:
| Facility | AY | Ayr Scotland |
| Year | 9 | 1999 |
| Week | 30 | 18-24 July |
| Number | 15765 |
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1612
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 http://home.zonnet.nl/hvlems/
- ↑ http://www.sture.ch/content/interpreting-vax-and-alpha-serial-numbers
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid
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