Actually the HP49G serial number appears to follow the pattern of post 1996 models described here at http://www.hpmuseum.org/collect.htm#numbers
The following post on the COMP.SYS.HP48 newsgroup shows an example.
Subject:
Re: 49G Screen Scratches?
Date:
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:21:01 -0400
From:
"Thierry Hautem-Morissette" Newsgroups:
comp.sys.hp48 References:
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11
OK, let's see : ID 9 31 06203
1999 31th week #06203
So it is the 6203th HP 49G built, and it has been done in the 31th week of 1999. -- Thierry Hautem-Morissette thmorissette@videotron.ca HP 10A, HP 11C, HP 15C, HP 19B, HP 25C, HP 27S, HP 28C, HP 28S, HP 32E, HP 33E, HP 34E, HP 41C, HP 41CX, HP 42S, HP 48G, HP 95 LX and HP 200LX
Sean Ahern a écrit dans le message : ahern-1709991711120001@whitestar.llnl.gov...
> In article , Keith Farmer
> wrote:
>
> > Sean Ahern wrote:
> > > So how do you determine what number you calculator is? What's the command?
> >
> > The command is flipping the HP over and reading the number etched on
> > back. ;)
>
> Cute. :-)
>
> Okay, so what does ID93106203 mean in terms of the number of calculator,
> as people have posted? Does it mean calculator 6203? 203? 93?
>
> -Sean
>
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