RE: S/N

David,

For more detail of s/n, I checked with some sources, they said that for RISC
system, it is an exact soft-coded that you can change it with yourself but
the machine is allowed a new s/n for system operation about 70 days !

HTH
Patpong W.  

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> From:         Patpong Watwanitchakorn[SMTP:patpong@zi-th.com]
> Reply To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Sent:         Wednesday, February 03, 1999 9:26 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: S/N
> 
> David,
> 
> I also *THINK* that it is a soft-coded, I used to claimed to IBM regarding
> the s/n of new E10 (in 1992) is differ from a delivery note and all other
> documents.   IBM's CE just swapped a new main board (CPU) to an E10 then
> perform something like resetting machine on the panel, power down the
> system
> and then he replace a main board with an old one !!!  ... IPL the machine
> and check to system value, s/n is changed correctly.
> 
> Just a merely information.
> Patpong W.
> 
> > ----------
> > From:       David Gibbs[SMTP:david@midrange.com]
> > Reply To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Sent:       Monday, February 01, 1999 9:41 AM
> > To:         MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:    Re: S/N
> > 
> > At 11:16 PM 1/28/99 , brian wrote:
> > >Does anyone know how the AS/400 system serial number is actually
> > >implemented in hardware?  Talk of Arizona banning Pentium IIIs with
> > serial
> > >numbers has me thinking about it.
> > 
> > I *THINK* that the s/n is soft-coded into the system... as when I
> upgraded
> > systems from a CISC system to a RISC, the new system had the same s/n as
> > the old one.
> > 
> > I could be wrong on this, however.
> > 
> > david
> > 
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