To add some data points:

I picked up a smash pack a couple of days ago and the DC is a September 2000
prod unit. It boots just fine, CDR capability still there.

Travis Geiselbrecht
geist@foobox.com


> My roommate just picked up a $120 Smash Pack bundle. It is indeed a June,
> 2000 production unit. Wow, the original Sonic still rocks. This reminds me
> of a really old post on one of the Usenet emulator newsgroups. It was some
> funny comment about how we build bigger, faster systems so we can better
> emulate the old ones.