Very early Motorola VT71 scored

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Originally Posted by pugs5061

Interesting, I have a TS18A serial number 338581 built on 11/29/49. I wonder if Motorola made 250,000 sets between the last one Bob listed and my set or if they started a new numbering system for every chassis type?

That's the first 6 digit serial # I've come across. I bet by 1949 sales were pretty good.

Originally Posted by Eric H

From a Timeline of Motorola History.
Their first set was made in 1947, more than 100,000 units were sold the first year.
If 2425 is the serial number it must be from the first week or two of production!

I figured they sold many 100,000s of these sets overall. I wonder if the did restart the numbering with each revision as suggested. Maybe even every month ?