Posts: 621
From: Bristol, South Glos, England
Registered: Mar 2009
posted October 15, 2013 09:33 AM
My GS1200 has the serial number 824913 and as mentioned in a previous post I bought it from an auction house in Dudley along with several other projectors. It has PAT stickers on it from the 70's and am wondering if it didnt belong to Derann, as it has a modification to the side panel . The addition of a large screw knob, no idea what its for, obviously for some external fitment as it doesnt affect the mechanics or electrics. Any light please welcome.
Posts: 1373
From: Penistone Sheffield UK
Registered: Oct 2012
posted October 15, 2013 10:09 AM
Ian the numbers might as well be. Think I'll try using them for my next Lotto. If I bought a ticket on Wednesday morning for Tuesday's don't think I even win that.
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posted October 15, 2013 11:22 AM
I don't know if the information is still needed as this thread is old but here is my contribution : ST-180 810799 ST-1200 Magnetic 70005 GS-800 M&O Stereo (this is the projector with an antenna I talked about in another thread) 103215
Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007
posted October 15, 2013 11:47 AM
This all started in January 2004 in an attempt to try to work out how the Elmo serial numbers worked. Many, many, members listed their models and serial numbers, but other than that, it all fizzled out without any final ideas being put forward.
posted October 15, 2013 12:08 PM
Sometimes serial numbers mean something, a common one is beginning in two digits for the year and then the next two being the week of the year. "1252" would be the last week of 2012.
-sometimes they just start with some arbitrary number and keep adding one to it...
A company I worked for told a new assembler to make a hundred name plates with serial numbers starting at 120. After she was finished with 100 plates all with "120" on them, they figured out she wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer and within a week she was...seeking opportunities elsewhere.
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Posts: 3216
From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006
posted October 15, 2013 12:40 PM
Actually don’t really agree with the std version III identification being outlined as all having black lined volume knobs. I have a vsIII with a late number but with dots on the knobs also with three pots, rear loop etc so unless the wrong knobs were put on when new this is as it came out of the box when purchased.
I guess since we failed to reach any conclusion about the meaning of the serial numbers, they aren't really "information" at all, just "data".
If you could look at a serial number and tell that it was assembled 3rd November 1979 by a left handed woman who grew up in Hokkaido, now that's "information"!
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Posts: 1373
From: Penistone Sheffield UK
Registered: Oct 2012
posted November 02, 2013 06:07 PM
My serial number is 824848 I think. The later 8's also look like a 6. It was bought in 1979 from Cine Sound in Northampton. Still magic to use.
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Mathew James
Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 740
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014
posted October 28, 2015 10:19 PM
I think until it can be figured out, we keep adding our numbers to this thread...hopefully they will prove helpful. Here are my machines: