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Machines I Have Known and Loved
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There were definitely also a Compaq Alpha SMP SCSI full tower and a Transmeta laptop in there somewhere, but for the life of me I can't recall their names.
home machines
skynet (2011--)
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- Status: Active
- CoolerMaster HAF932 ATX full tower ($139)
- ABS Majesty 900W GOLD power supply ($149)
- Intel Core i7-2600k Quad-core 3.4GHz Sandy Bridge ($315)
- Noctua NH-D14 SSO processor cooler ($75)
- 16GB via 4xG.SKILL Ripjaws X 7-8-7-24 DDR3-1600 ($115)
- 11x2TB 7200RPM WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 Western Digital Caviar Green / 5700RPM ST2000DL003-9VT1 Seagate 3.5" in RAID6
- 2x320GB 7200ROM ST9320423AS Seagate 2.5" in RAID1
- 2x120GB SSDSA2CW12 Intel 320 SSD 2.5"
- LSI SAS2008 2xSAS SFF-8470 -> 4x SATA 6.0Gbps ($240)
- AsRock Extreme4 Z68 motherboard ($270)
- Asus Xonar Essence ST audio card ($200)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 video card ($100, purchased refurbished via NVIDIA employee program)
- Dell U3011 IPS LCD ($1089)
- Debian Unstable (2.6.x, 3.x kernels)
hyperbox (2010)
- Status: KIA (spilled a beer in it)
- ASUS G60JX laptop
- Quad-core Core i7 Nehalem with HyperThreading, 8G PC-1333 on 4xSODIMM, NVIDIA 360M
- 500GB 7200RPM ST9500420AS Seagate Momentus 7200.4
- 32GB SSD
- Debian Unstable (2.6.x kernels)
recombinator (2006--)
- Status: Active
- ATX full tower, Intel DG965WH, 480W
- Dual-core Core 2 Duo, 4G PC2-6400 on 4xUDIMM, Intel G965
- NVIDIA GT210, NVIDIA 8400 GTS
- 300GB 10000RPM WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U1 VelociRaptor 3.5"
- 64GB TS32GSSD18M-M SSD 2.5"
- Debian Unstable (2.6.x, 3.x kernels)
mothership (2003--2006)
- Status: Retired
- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz, 1GB, Matrox G450
- 80GB 7200RPM + 3x500GB 5400RPM PATA
- Debian Unstable (2.6.x kernels)
badassmotherfucker (2002)
- Status: MIA. possibly stolen
- Tadpole SPARCLE 500 laptop
- UltraSPARC IIe @ 500MHz, 1GB PC-133 ECC, 40GB PATA
- Sun Solaris 8
nectar (2001--2003)
- Status: KIA (caught fire)
- AMD Athlon K7 1GHz, 1GB, Matrox G450
- 30GB 7200RPM + 3x300GB 7200RPM PATA
- Debian Unstable (2.4.x and 2.5.x kernels)
junta (2000)
- Status: Retired
- Pentium 90, 16MB, S3 Virge
- 4-port Intel Gigabit Ethernet
- Slackware Linux 7.0 (2.4.x kernels), OpenBSD, Solaris x86
rift (1999--2001)
- Status: Retired
- Pentium 133, 16MB
- 4GB + 80GB PATA
- 2-port Intel Gigabit Ethernet
- Slackware Linux 7.0 (2.4.x kernels), Debian Unstable (2.4.x kernels), OpenBSD
luckystrike/hoist (1998--2001)
- Status: Retired
- HP Pavilion
- Pentium II Celeron @ 300MHz, 32MB, Matrox G200
- 6GB + 30GB PATA
- Windows 98, RedHat Linux 5.2 (2.0.x kernels), Mandrake Linux (2.2.x kernels), Slackware Linux 7.0 (2.4.x kernels), Debian Testing (2.4.x kernels)
shadowgate (1995--1998)
- Status: Retired
- 386SX, 4MB, VGA, Hayes Optima 14.4kbps external modem
- 2x20MB + 1GB PATA
- Renegade BBS
- MSDOS 6.22, FreeBSD 3.0, Slackware Linux 3.0 (1.x kernels)
pc (1992--1995)
- Status: KIA (took it apart)
- 8086, 1MB, CGA, Hayes-compatible 2400bps internal modem
- 10MB MFM
- Telix BBS
- MSDOS 4.0, MSDOS 5.0
ATARI 400 (1985--1996)
- Status: KIA (took it apart)
- MOS 6502 @ 1.8MHz + ANTIC + GTIA + POKEY, 8KB, ATARI 410 Data Cassette Drive
- Microperipherals Microconnection 300bps acoustic coupler
- ATARI OS Rev. B
work machines (highly incomplete)
NVIDIA
kingfriday (2011)
- CoolerMaster HAF942 ATX full tower, Corvair 850TX BRONZE
- Asus P6TD
- Quad-core Nehalem Core i7
- NVIDIA 560ti, NVIDIA 480 GTX, NVIDIA 285 GTX
eschatomatic (2011)
- Dell Latitude E6510 laptop
- Dual-core Core i7 Nehalem with HyperThreading, 8G PC-1333 on 4xSODIMM, NVIDIA NVS 3100M
- 500GB 7200RPM ST9500420AS Seagate Momentus 7200.4
- 80GB SSD INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC Intel X25-M SSD
- Windows Enterprise 7, Debian Unstable (2.4.x and 2.5.x kernels)
AccelerEyes
mmas (2010)
- NVIDIA S1070 1U Tesla compute node (4x NVIDIA C1060)
McAfee
areopagod (2008--2009)
- Status: Returned
- Dell Latitude laptop
adytum (2007--2008)
- Status: Stolen
- Dell Latitude XFR "All-Terrain Grade" ruggedized laptop
diaconicon (2005--2007)
- Status: Lost
- Dell Latitude laptop
aho (2006--2009)
providence (2006--2009)
knuth (2005--2009)
Reflex
bivio (2005)
desoxyn (2004--2005)
discordia (2000--2005)
eris (2000--2003)
panzer (2001--2005)
- 4U Supermicro
- 2xPentium IV Xeon
TeleSync
marcello (2000)
- Sun Ultra 10
- 6GB SCSI
school machines (highly incomplete)
sunbuzz
hogwarts
killerbee
havoc
orcus
shaftnet
angband
oscar
acme
colo'd machines
dankvps
- Status: you're reading it
- VPS with 1and1
- 2x quad-core AMD K8, 2GB, 20GB
slump (2004--2005)
- Status: stolen
- 1U Supermicro, AMD Athlon K7, 2GB
- 2x300GB PATA