Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!rex!ames!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!shodha.dec.com!alan From: alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Hardware ID Message-ID: <434@shodha.dec.com> Date: 28 Sep 89 03:38:00 GMT References: <1671@nic.MR.NET> Distribution: na Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO. Lines: 21 In article <1671@nic.MR.NET>, bmc@sun1.MAYO.EDU (Bruce Cameron) writes: >Is there a unique hardware ID for a DECstation 3100 ? No. >How do I access it? But, if you really, REALLY want something close, you can use the Ethernet hardware address. I've been led to believe that if you have a socket and use the right ioctl(2)'s you can get the hardware address. The address chip is socketed so it can be moved to a different CPU board if there is need to. > > --Bruce > ---------------------------------------------------- > Bruce M. Cameron bmc@bru.mayo.edu -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com