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How many computers do you own? by kelli2172004-04-22 09:03:22
  the list is long and distinguished... by acsronin 2004-07-12 08:42:31
let us base this chronologically...old to new...

HP-9816 - 1MB, 2x720KB, Plotter, Graphics Pad
-Museum Piece (No OS)

AT&T i8086
-Functional...but more a doorstop

HomeBuilt i386DX40 - 32MB, 2GB SCSI, Win95 (call it Masochism) Trident-ISA - NEC MultiSync70
-Making a Point Box...that a 386 could not only run Win95...but also AOL 6

HomeBuilt i486DX4-150 - 32MB, 2.5GB (WinNT 3.51) Orchid Fahrenheit Pro-VESA - No Monitor
-Top of the closet

HomeBuilt Cyrix 6X86-200 - 128MB (Redhat 5) Matrox G100 8MB - No Monitor
-Ditto...closet

Apple Macintosh 5500/225 (Sonnet G3-400/1M) - 128MB, 40GB (OS 9.1)
-Kitchen Box...Recipes...'net surfin'...Apple TV Tuner...

HomeBuilt AMD K6-2-233 - 128MB (OS/2) Matrox G200 16MB - No Monitor
-In the closet...

HomeBuilt Dual-Pentium II 333 - 512MB, 8x18GB U2WSCSI (WinNT4, Win2000, BeOS R5, OS/2 Aurora, SuSE 8.1) Matrox G400MAX - NEC MultiSync70
-Lets see how may OS's can exist on one box and still be stable enough to be a file server...

HomeBuilt Pentium II 450 - 256MB, 40GB (Win98) No Vid Card
-another in the closet...

Apple G3 AIO 266 (Sonnet G4 1GB) - 512MB, 40GB (MacOS 9.2.2/10.2.8)
-Currently DOA...gotta get it running again...it's a good machine...

HomeBuilt AthlonXP 2500+ (Barton) - 1GB, 2x40GB ATA-RAID-0 (WinXP Pro) Radeon 9700Pro - NEC MultiSync70
-Visual Studio.NET Machine...currently slaved to the Mac below through GigaBit and M$ RDC

Apple PowerMacintosh G4 FW800 - 2GB, 4x80GB (2x160GB RAID-0 Arrays) 4x160GB FireWire Externals, Combo&SuperDrive, BlueTooth, AirPort Extreme (MacOS X 10.3.4) Apple BTO'd Radeon 9700Pro - 23" CinemaHD
-Current Primary Box...with all Apple Wireless Toys (KB and Mouse)...Master of Above Athlon (hell...it's faster than VirtualPC)

There 'ya go...Madness complete...'cept maybe that 15" PowerBook I've had my eye on...would love 17"...but not really practical for travelling...too damned big...

Internal Network in the house is handled through LinkSys Wireless-B Router (with Signal Booster)...2 Netgear 5-Port 10/100 Switches...and one NetGear 5-Port 10/100/1000 Switch...Internet by 5Mbps Cable...
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