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  • 1.  Table of IBM Country of Origin Codes

    Posted Mon November 20, 2023 10:51 AM

    Where can I find a table of IBM Country of Origin Codes?  For example if my serial number is 7512345 then where can I find out what country is 75?  And, yes, 75 is the country I'm looking for in this example.  The 12345 is redacted info.



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
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  • 2.  RE: Table of IBM Country of Origin Codes

    Posted Tue November 21, 2023 06:53 AM
    Edited by Birgit Röhm Tue November 21, 2023 06:53 AM

    Hi Robert,

    
I have a quite old list of plant codes that states - 75 = Mainz (934) or HUNGARY CMM (9RH). Which leads me to thinking you are looking for a Storage system?

    Or my list is outdated ;-).

    Regards, Birgit



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    Birgit Röhm
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  • 3.  RE: Table of IBM Country of Origin Codes

    Posted Tue November 21, 2023 07:35 AM

    I am not "looking for", I "have" a storage system.  But that you guessed that seems to confirm your country code table.  Thank you.



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
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  • 4.  RE: Table of IBM Country of Origin Codes

    Posted Thu December 21, 2023 10:20 AM

    Hi Birgit,

    I manage the Ardent Tool website that José mentioned in his post. We mainly focus on topics like the Personal System/2 line, the Micro Channel Architecture, Token Ring networking, and various other legacy products and technologies. We're actively collecting data on the plant codes IBM used in the past and aim to share this information with both our community and the wider public. With that in mind, would you be willing to share the old plant list you referenced in your post, provided you're not under an NDA?

    Regards,
    Tom



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    Tomas Slavotinek
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  • 5.  RE: Table of IBM Country of Origin Codes

    Posted Tue November 21, 2023 07:55 AM

    Hi - I am not sure it's published anywhere but here's a list for you:

    01 - Endicott
    02 - Poughkeepsie
    06 - China
    08 - Beaverton
    10 - Rochester
    13 - San Jose
    21 - Guadalajara(Power)
    23 - Raleigh
    41 - Charlotte
    44 - Santa Palomba
    51 - Montpellier
    65 - Dublin(i,p)
    68 - Singapore
    75 - Mainz/Vac
    78 - Guadalajara
    82 - Sumare
    83 - Dublin(z,p)
    84 - Singapore
    97 - Fujisawa



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    Michael Quaranta
    IBM Technology Expert Labs
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  • 6.  RE: Table of IBM Country of Origin Codes

    Posted Tue November 21, 2023 08:15 AM

    Thank you.



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
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  • 7.  RE: Table of IBM Country of Origin Codes

    Posted Wed November 22, 2023 05:30 AM

    For historical codes, check Ardent.

    https://www.ardent-tool.com/misc/Plant_Codes.html



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    José Pina Coelho
    IT Specialist at Kyndryl
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