My first Mac — #8

Post #8 by MacDougall

Source Forum	My first Mac — #8
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Fri, 8 Mar 2013 - 19:51
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/my-first-mac.27536/

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retrobright ... Turns out the effect is temporary anyway

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This is the first time I've heard this report. Can you say more?

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news -

http://classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2013-01-15-retr0bright-only-temporary.htm

The best success I had was with an Amiga 600. It lives in a dark place and never gets sunlight. It has started to revert to yellow

serial number is F5213CVM0001WP if that tells you something.

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Well, it could be either. The 512k was released in Sep. of 1984, and the 128k was sold until October of 1985, and your machine was manufactured in May/June. Decoding of these old serial numbers is something I like to do. Here is some info on yours:

F: Fremont, Calif. (manufacture plant)

5: 1985 (year on manufacture)

21: 21st manufacturing week of the year (May/June)

M0001WP: Europen model number (same for the 512k and 128k)

Yours is going to be a tuff cookie to crack. I'm going to continue looking further into this.

Interesting that the euro ones were made in US, according to the replacement backshell it was assembled in Ireland. Any other numbers that could help figure out what it started out as? I have the whole thing open at the moment.