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  2. From: bobert@informix.com (Robert Murphy)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: Uniquely identifying a Mac? How?
  5. Message-ID: <bobert.725056383@godzilla>
  6. Date: 22 Dec 92 20:33:03 GMT
  7. References: <9235010.4295@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Dec15.121756.23075@kth.se> <1gm3ioINN9uh@calvin.NYU.EDU> <1992Dec17.162820.12863@waikato.ac.nz> <1992Dec17.105813.18407@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <peter-211292133304@rocky.curtin.edu.au>
  8. Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News)
  9. Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
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  11.  
  12. peter@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Peter N Lewis) writes:
  13. >There have actually been a few examples of hardware with serial numbers
  14. >on them, but they've mostly gone out of business now...
  15.  
  16. Actually, most of the dedicated Unix workstations out there - including
  17. Suns, NeXTs, and IBM RS/6000's - have serial numbers in a PROM on the
  18. motherboard.  (We're not talking Macs running A/UX or PClones running
  19. SCO Unix here.)  For more information, log into your nearest such
  20. workstation and type "man hostid" at the shell command prompt.
  21.  
  22. Regards,
  23. Bob Murphy
  24.