Weird M0110 Serial number, Prototype?

[MacTopus29]

My apple m0110 keyboard says it was made on the 2nd week of 1983, The macintsoh didn’t come out at that time, does that mean my keyboard is a prototype?

Serial# is G302M011011406

 

[olePigeon]

Not sure, but the keyboard and mouse are a lot less complicated than the computer. It's possible the keyboard & mouse designs were finalized well before the computer.

 

[fri0701]

Unfortunately, probably not. The Macintosh's keyboard was in its final stages of design when the Twiggy Macs were produced in the summer of 1983, and finished shortly after. The serial number label came later, too - some early production keyboards just have 4 or 5 digit numbers.

 

[ricogonzo]

My apple m0110 keyboard says it was made on the 2nd week of 1983, The macintsoh didn’t come out at that time, does that mean my keyboard is a prototype?

Serial# is G302M011011406

I have recently come across a M0110 with serial number beginning with G301 and I was perplexed that it was made 1st week 83. It has the early bottom case and so I am sure it is legit. Have you found any more information on this early production run. I saw another from this early production sell at a "members only" auction and I don't know what it sold for because I'm not a member (I'd have to pay a fee to join in order to be privy to this). Any idea of the value of one of these early boards?
I don't think it was a prototype board because the serial number follows the same format as all the M0110 boards. So it seems the design was finalized enough to go into begin production.

 

[unity]

It is a week 1 of 1984. It is known that the super early serials were botched. Someone forgot to change the year from a 3 to a 4. I have several of these on hand that go with very early 128k made in the first couple weeks of 1984. Super early ones, before the serial was standardized to what we know, were just simple numeric serials in sequential order on a glossy label and believed to be made primary during production test runs, etc up to mid-December or about.
With that said, collectors who like the early serial stuff will put more value in early serials like that. Probably to complete an impartial early system. For myself, I tend to collect 128k stuff that is week 10 or earlier, this is what I consider early.

 

[ricogonzo]

OK, So they forgot to change the 3 to a 4 because they started production in late 83. Is that correct? And they missed this error for the first couple of weeks in 84? So do they have any greater value because of the error?

On a different note, what is that D marking next to the Apple in your moniker refer to?
I've seen that exact same D next to an Apple on a 128k case recently.

 

[ricogonzo]

I just found the answer to my question. That is the symbol of a Drexel University Mac.

 

[unity]

The only value is in being early, not in the error because even with the error the date of production can be determined. If there were other keyboards made at the same time without the date error, then maybe an ever so slight advantage in value? But I don't know of any with the correct date. Which implies the labels came from one point in production for all the keyboards. Mice and Macs themselves don't seem to show up at all with the date error.

 

[ricogonzo]

Ok, that's logical because they all have the error it isn't that unique.
Now, how about the Drexel Macs; Are they more valuable?

 

[unity]

They can be for collectors, not hobbyists. They are an odd one because it is the only production variation made with a Mac 128k and there were limited number. They also are all week 5 or 6, making them pretty early in the production of original Macs. It is just hard finding one truly all original as most have had work or upgrades.