http://www.ninerpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Serial_number 2026-04-25T00:40:20Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.37.1 http://www.ninerpedia.org/index.php?title=Serial_number&diff=48942&oldid=prev 2014-12-07T11:40:33Z

<p>clean up</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:40, 7 December 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Officially released TI Modules and Peripherals for the TI99/4a are marked with a serial number which indicates the place and date of manufacture.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Officially released TI Modules and Peripherals for the TI99/4a are marked with a serial number which indicates the place and date of manufacture.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The serial number may give a limited indication of the version <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of </del>of software contained in the device - TI made continuing changes which have not been documented.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The serial number may give a limited indication of the version of software contained in the device - TI made continuing changes which have not been documented.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A typical serial number (from a console) is 5081255 LTA3782.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A typical serial number (from a console) is 5081255 LTA3782.</div></td></tr> </table>

Stephen Shaw http://www.ninerpedia.org/index.php?title=Serial_number&diff=48941&oldid=prev 2014-12-07T11:40:05Z

<p>New article on meaning of TI serial numbers</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Officially released TI Modules and Peripherals for the TI99/4a are marked with a serial number which indicates the place and date of manufacture.<br /> <br /> The serial number may give a limited indication of the version of of software contained in the device - TI made continuing changes which have not been documented.<br /> <br /> A typical serial number (from a console) is 5081255 LTA3782.<br /> <br /> The final digits indicate manufacture in week 37 of 1982.<br /> <br /> The letters LTA indicate place of manufacture- some of those used by TI include:<br /> ATA was Abilene, Texas, America<br /> ATD (not used for the TI99/4a) was Austin Texas <br /> ACH was Almelo, Common Market, Holland.<br /> LTA was the main TI99/4a facility, Lubbock in Texas, America.<br /> RCI was Rieti, Common Market, Italy.<br /> <br /> This format was used on other TI products after 1976</div>

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