View Full Version : CD32 owners, register your console!
robotriot
04-19-2004, 05:53 PM
At a German CD32 forum, we're currently collecting data from the CD32s (see here (http://cd32.emubase.de/?page=hardware/cd32_reg)). I am personally interested in deciphering the serial no. (the barcode sticker on the bottom of the console), just for fun =) But I still need more data ... so if you'd like to contribute, could you post your serialnumber here along with the year/month of manufacturing and the country code? Especially you US collectors would be interesting, as the US consoles are so rare. But any CD32 is welcome :) Thanks!
Ed Oscuro
04-19-2004, 06:00 PM
OK, not the GP32 (for some reason I thought of that first). Sounds interesting - are you looking for patterns that might help identify country/date of manufacture? "For fun" is a good enough reason though :P
robotriot
04-19-2004, 06:06 PM
The country and manufacturing date are written in plain text next to the serial no., but they're important for figuring the rest of the number :) Here's what I got so far:
JUL 93 GR 8513193365158001000754
JUL 93 GR 8513193365158001001904
AUG 93 GR XXX3393365158001006552
AUG 93 UK 8513393365158001007663
AUG 93 GR 8513393365158001008074
AUG 93 GR 8513593365158001018366
AUG 93 GR 8513593365158001020053
SEP 93 UK 8513693365158001023516
SEP 93 SG 8513793365158001039928
SEP 93 GR 8513893365158001053388
SEP 93 GR 8513893365158001053926
SEP 93 AU 8513993365158001060944
SEP 93 FR 8514093365158001072268
OKT 93 UK 8514193365158001077785
OKT 93 GR 8514293365158001083385
NOV 93 ?? 8514893365158002090820
NOV 93 UK 8514893365158001098729
DEZ 93 FR 8515193365158003104719
JAN 94 US 8510494365158002119232
JAN 94 US 8510594365158002119305 <- week?
JAN 94 US 8510494365158002120732
FEB 94 US 8510794365158002125743
MAR 94 FR 8511294365158003127732
Serialnumberformat:
851WWYYPPPPPP00XSSSSSS
(W)eek:
01 - 55
(Y)ear of manufacturing:
93, 94
(P)art# (bottom case of the console):
365158
(the mainboard has 365101 for example)
(X) (unknown):
1,2,3 ?
(S)erial#:
000000/000001 - 1?????
I need more data from more consoles though :)
Manufactured January 1994
A100 US
8510494365158002119232
Ed Oscuro
04-19-2004, 06:13 PM
OK, now I'm confused.
Does the XXX in the third row represent part of the label being unreadable? An' what does it boil down to seeing that you have country code and date (oops, I noticed those, that observation didn't connect with the rest of my brain), anyhow? I suppose you'd be able to tell if there was a marking in there that told when a certain unit recieved the stamp, but do you think you'll be able to figure out things like production shifts?
As you can tell I'm rather interested as well to find out how the serial works LOL
robotriot
04-19-2004, 06:19 PM
jwl: Thanks for posting yours, I added it to my list =)
Ed Oscuro: Yes, the XXX means it's unreadable, but it MUST be 851 :)
About the production shifts ... that's probably really difficult to figure out, we'd need two consoles produced in a row (like 001590 and 001591) to notice one of those ... I'm also confused about that X value and what it means ... maybe more data helps =) But as a side-effect, we could determine for example how many consoles were produced/sold, as C= hardly ever release sales figures of any of their hardware ... and also, who owns the oldest one (currently that's me with #754, hooray :D).
Deciphering numbers is fun ^^
Very interesting! I have a late one:
Feb 94 US 8510794365158002125743
icbrkr
04-20-2004, 09:10 PM
US
Jan 1994
8510594365158002119305
robotriot
04-21-2004, 03:38 AM
Thanks Keir and icbrkr for your input =) Due to the help of two persons from the other forum, who already were further in the analyzation than I was, I updated the table above ... so the revisions are actually the week the console was produced in (doh). Now all we have to figure out is what X stands for ... the very weird number I had in the list turned out to be only the number from the box of the console (and it had X=4), I updated the table accordingly.
icbrkr: Are you 100% sure it says 851>05<? Because that week doesn't fit in if you take a look at the list (I marked your entry :)
Perhaps it is some sort of regional code? The 4 US consoles have 2, 2 French consoles have 3 and the rest have 1. There's that one French console with a 1 though.
Necrosaro420
04-21-2004, 10:19 AM
Eeek, Im moving and just packed mine up 2 days ago Or Id submit mine
icbrkr
04-21-2004, 01:43 PM
Thanks Keir and icbrkr for your input =) Due to the help of two persons from the other forum, who already were further in the analyzation than I was, I updated the table above ... so the revisions are actually the week the console was produced in (doh). Now all we have to figure out is what X stands for ... the very weird number I had in the list turned out to be only the number from the box of the console (and it had X=4), I updated the table accordingly.
icbrkr: Are you 100% sure it says 851>05<? Because that week doesn't fit in if you take a look at the list (I marked your entry :)
Yep, I'm positive:
http://www.particles.org/cd32.jpg
Not the best scan, but should be somewhat legible :)
Nice machine very underated. Never got the software support it deserved.
I got a UK model:
Manufactured Sept 1993
ID No: 513515
A100 UK 85137933651558001033111
robotriot
08-02-2005, 12:40 PM
Just bumping this old topic, maybe we've got some new CD32 users who would like to share their serial number?
Cauterize
08-02-2005, 01:11 PM
Awww man, my serial number sticker is slightly warped n messed up.... im gonna try make it out though
M represents numbers/letters i cant make out :(
September 1993
MM00
CR or GB or something
851389336515800M050186
Thats the best i can do for you im afraid
Sorry
PDorr3
08-02-2005, 06:35 PM
Sorry to get off topic, but while we are on the subjest of CD32's are the PAL systems compatible on US TV's?
thanks, I have wanted one but I only see imports on ebay.
robotriot
08-02-2005, 06:51 PM
Thanks for your submission caut, every single one is greatly appreciated ^^
PDorr3: Yes, plug an Amiga mouse into port 0 and keep both mouse buttons pressed while the machine is booting, this will get you into the early startup screen where you can switch from PAL to NTSC temporarily.
towerofsong
08-02-2005, 06:53 PM
ID. 513515
November 1993
A100 UK
8514893365158001100721
SamuraiSmurfette
08-02-2005, 07:13 PM
Here's one for ya!
A Canadian one!
Dec 1993
A100 CN
8514993365158002102420
anagrama
08-02-2005, 07:27 PM
(X) (unknown):
1,2,3 ?
(1) PAL
(2) NTSC
(3) SECAM
perhaps?
dreamcaster
08-02-2005, 09:02 PM
August 1993 (PAL)
A100 AL
8513593365158001017376
Pity my CD32 doesn't work :(
EDIT: Hey awesome! My CD32's one of the earliest.
Diatribal Deity
08-02-2005, 10:23 PM
US 8510794365158002123499
FEB 1994
I always wondered why everytime I saw one up for auction there was always a question about the serial # and manu date.
robotriot
08-03-2005, 04:42 AM
Wow, thanks for all your contributions, they will all be added to the master list soon =)
(1) PAL
(2) NTSC
(3) SECAM
perhaps?
Heh, that could be possible, although it's not quite consistent, because there are (very few) French consoles that don't have 3 ... still, it's the best guess we have so far I think ^^
anagrama
08-03-2005, 05:01 AM
Heh, that could be possible, although it's not quite consistent, because there are (very few) French consoles that don't have 3 ... still, it's the best guess we have so far I think ^^
Yeah, I noticed that too. If possible, it's probably worth comparing the boards on a French '1' model with a French '3' model to see whether there's any noticable differences...