From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Jun 22 1999 - 00:58:41 EDT
Bruce..
you must have been at that swap meet in new jersey again..!!?! :-)
Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> After looking at that, it gets even stranger..
> Mine came with the DVD drive, and a hard drive, and a recovery CD (not
> according to the specs!)
>
> Jane Loyless wrote:
> >
> > At 08:14 PM 6/21/99 -0400, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> >
> > >I just bought a 770, model 954832U
> > >Now, here is some WEIRD stuff...
> > >The serial number sticker on the bottom has a date of "1-98"
> > >The original IBM brown box has a sticker with the exact smae serial
> > >number and model number, but with the date of "1-08-99". This is the
> > >original IBM shipping label. It also has a blurb about this computer is
> > >assembled in the USA with parts appropriate for the model n8mber under
> > >some program or other.
> > >
> >
> > 9548-32U means it was assembled by one of IBM's partners (Inacom,
> > Entex/CompuCom, etc) under their AAP program (Authorized Assembly Partner,
> > maybe? having a senior moment and can't remember).
> >
> > Go here -> ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pcicrse/psref/twbook.pdf and do a search on
> > that part number to get the details.
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