Scooper: Wow, thank you! Thirteen minutes - that was FAST!
This is most helpful:
The serial number indicates the frame is Japanese, probably built by National/Panasonic, and was manufactured in March, 1984.
And the page with all of the specs is also a great source of information.
FastJake: Thank you as well! As for this...
A photo of the whole bike always helps...
Here's a blurry, hurried photo I took a couple of days ago; if I do some noteworthy work on it, I'll re-post a higher quality shot.