Commodore PET Serial Number Project
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:37 am
Tell Us About Your PET! https://www.commodore.ca/commodore-pet- ... r-project/
We regularly receive requests from people asking about the vintage of their PET and there is very little documentation on this so we thought it would be a good idea to gather a few hundred (hopefully) entries we can make available in a table so logical inferences can be made. For instance we know that MOST European machines start with at serial number 1000000 but the very first UK PET's were actually 2001's that someone was improperly importing from the US, and we know many of the West German PET's have serial numbers under 10000.
https://www.commodore.ca/commodore-pet- ... r-project/
I have added 3 PET's to the list already and it averaged less than 2 minutes per device to get through the process so it is very fast and super easy. There are no REQUIRED FIELDS, so just tell us what you can about your PET. There are just 12 short fields looking for things like:
We regularly receive requests from people asking about the vintage of their PET and there is very little documentation on this so we thought it would be a good idea to gather a few hundred (hopefully) entries we can make available in a table so logical inferences can be made. For instance we know that MOST European machines start with at serial number 1000000 but the very first UK PET's were actually 2001's that someone was improperly importing from the US, and we know many of the West German PET's have serial numbers under 10000.
https://www.commodore.ca/commodore-pet- ... r-project/
I have added 3 PET's to the list already and it averaged less than 2 minutes per device to get through the process so it is very fast and super easy. There are no REQUIRED FIELDS, so just tell us what you can about your PET. There are just 12 short fields looking for things like:
- The PET's serial number
The PET's power supply specs (i.e. 220V 60amp)
The PET's model number (i.e. 2001-8 4016-N B-710)
Where you PET was made (SOME, not most, PET's say things like MADE IN W-GERMANY)
Your current city and country
The city and country the PET was originally sold
If the PET is working or not
Anything interesting about the unit