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HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
06-09-2018, 08:54 PM (This post was last modified: 06-10-2018 12:03 AM by drdbthompson.)
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HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
I've been fiddling around with 41 card readers the last week and got to wondering if there is a table of serial numbers and ROM versions floating around somewhere.

I searched Google and I search through the forum entries, but no joy. So, I thought I'd poll the membership and see if anyone knows if such a beast exists.

I can confirm that unit 2704S80057 is ROM Version 1G. I can also confirm that unit 2220S80921 is ROM Version 1F.

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06-10-2018, 04:07 PM
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RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
(06-09-2018 08:54 PM)drdbthompson Wrote:  I can confirm that unit 2704S80057 is ROM Version 1G. I can also confirm that unit 2220S80921 is ROM Version 1F.

For the record: 2128S45... with Version 1E.

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06-10-2018, 04:59 PM
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RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
2018S45366

CATALOG 2 -> CARD READER

No version, which means that’s the very first version. Anyway, it doesn’t work anymore. (I get MALFUNCTION or CARD ERR). I would try the abrasive red card, if I had one.

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06-10-2018, 06:45 PM (This post was last modified: 06-10-2018 06:58 PM by Sylvain Cote.)
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RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
You need the service module to get ROM version 1D or less.

Code:
CR-1D  1945A01004
CR-1D  2011A00903
CR-1D  2101S45609
Code:
CR-1E  2052S48206
CR-1E  2058S45227
CR-1E  2133S46062
CR-1E  2135S45593
Code:
CR-1G  2432S80360
CR-1G  2639S80210
CR-1G  2747S80267

I think I got all of them Wink

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06-10-2018, 07:22 PM
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RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
(06-10-2018 06:45 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  You need the service module to get ROM version 1D or less.

Code:
CR-1D  1945A01004
CR-1D  2011A00903
CR-1D  2101S45609
Code:
CR-1E  2052S48206
CR-1E  2058S45227
CR-1E  2133S46062
CR-1E  2135S45593

Interesting that in Singapore they switched to Rev E not later than last week of 1980, but then used some Rev D ROMs again in the first week of 1981. Could be start-up inventory issues?

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06-10-2018, 08:15 PM (This post was last modified: 06-10-2018 08:17 PM by Massimo Gnerucci.)
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RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
(06-10-2018 06:45 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  CR-1E 2058S

Are you sure about this?

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06-10-2018, 08:51 PM
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Yes, he is sure ...
See this thread: http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-6997.html
Had that on several gadgets
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06-10-2018, 10:34 PM
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RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
(06-10-2018 08:15 PM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  
(06-10-2018 06:45 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  CR-1E 2058S
Are you sure about this?
(06-10-2018 08:51 PM)AndiGer Wrote:  Yes, he is sure ...
I have re-checked the card reader and the serial number is really 2058S45227

(06-10-2018 07:22 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  
(06-10-2018 06:45 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  
Code:
CR-1D  2101S45609
Code:
CR-1E  2052S48206
CR-1E  2058S45227
CR-1E  2133S46062
Interesting that in Singapore they switched to Rev E not later than last week of 1980, but then used some Rev D ROMs again in the first week of 1981. Could be start-up inventory issues?
Maybe ... its possible that they had started the production in Singapore, then received a bunch of chip from a HP USA warehouse that they included in a later production date.
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06-11-2018, 02:42 AM
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RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers
(06-10-2018 08:15 PM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  
(06-10-2018 06:45 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  CR-1E 2058S

Are you sure about this?

I read in one of the books this afternoon that there was a roll-over for some units at the end of the year. So, the week 58 would mean 6 weeks into the new year, or 2106. It was a sequencing issue and this is the first instance I've seen.

Weird, right?
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06-11-2018, 11:52 PM
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(06-10-2018 06:45 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  
Code:
CR-1D  1945A01004
Just for the record:-)
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