HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers

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HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - drdbthompson - 06-09-2018 08:54 PM

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.

Thanks!

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - Dieter - 06-10-2018 04:07 PM

(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.

Dieter

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - Gerson W. Barbosa - 06-10-2018 04:59 PM

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.

Gerson.

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - Sylvain Cote - 06-10-2018 06:45 PM

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

Sylvain

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - rprosperi - 06-10-2018 07:22 PM

(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?

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - Massimo Gnerucci - 06-10-2018 08:15 PM

(06-10-2018 06:45 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote: CR-1E 2058S

Are you sure about this?

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - AndiGer - 06-10-2018 08:51 PM

Yes, he is sure ...
See this thread: http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-6997.html
Had that on several gadgets

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - Sylvain Cote - 06-10-2018 10:34 PM

(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.

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - drdbthompson - 06-11-2018 02:42 AM

(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?

RE: HP 82104A Card Reader Serial Numbers - Raymond Del Tondo - 06-11-2018 11:52 PM

(06-10-2018 06:45 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:

Code:

CR-1D 1945A01004

Just for the record:-)
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