Lost Mac but have discs

Greetings,
My company has several Mac's that we use, and we also have some older machines as well. In this instance, I had a binder that has the OS discs Hardware test disc, and software license agreement documentation for a G4. However, usually with a binder of software comes a machine, but as I searched through my cube, I came to find there was no new Mac in my cube, just the usual suspects. Anyone know how to check the discs to find out what serial number they are attached to? I have the OS disks for OS 9 and OS X 10.2.1 and any ideas would be appreicated! Thanks in advance

Open the SystemVersion.plist file on the first Mac OS X disk and cross-reference the build number with those listed here to find exactly which computer model it's designed for. Those disks aren't attached to a serial number.
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