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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

grimes (2018--)

uptowngirl, before she became uptowngrimes and finally just grimes, 2019-03-09
  • Lenovo T580 laptop
  • Intel Core i7 8550U Skylake CPU
  • Samsung EVO 850 512GB SATA SSD (drive bay)
  • Big-ass additional 4X50M08812 72Wh battery
  • MyDigital SBXe 480GB M.2 2242 NVMe SSD (internal m.2 slot)
  • first machine on which i ran arch linux
  • first owned machine to run something but debian unstable in at least 15 years

schwarzgerät (2016--)

  • CaseLabs T10 case ($490)
  • EVGA SuperNOVA 850 T2 220-T2-0850-X1 80+ Titanium PSU ($200)
  • Asus X99 Deluxe II ATX motherboard ($420)
  • Intel Core i7 6950X Broadwell-E CPU ($1650)
  • 12x Seagate EXOS 12TB ST12000NM0007-2A drives ($340 per)
  • 10x various 4TB drives (sold as a group for $250)
  • full bill of materials...

skynet (2011--2017)

skynet 2012-03-21
The mighty Dell U3011
SUPER SECRET BAYS
  • Status: Sold ($250)
  • 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) (replaced with USB DAC, sold for $50 in 2017)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 video card ($100, purchased refurbished via NVIDIA employee program)
  • Dell U3011 IPS LCD ($1089) (damaged and sold in 2018 for $100)
  • 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--2012)

  • Status: Retired
  • 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, 2GB, Matrox G450
  • 80GB 7200RPM + 3x500GB 5400RPM PATA
  • Debian Unstable (2.6.x kernels)
  • i fucking adored that athlon t-bird. the matrox was also elite AF.

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)
  • this was my first "good" computer, and the first i speced and put together myself.

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)

Luma

dankcanyon (2016--2018)

Google

recombinator (2014--2016)

  • HP Z420 workstation
  • Goobuntu Precise/Trusty

eschatron (2014--2016)

  • Thinkpad T430s laptop
  • Dell M3100 laptop

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)

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 Linode, who are awesome
    • Previously with 1and1, who were garbage
  • E5-2680 v3, 8GB RAM, 180GB disk

slump (2004--2005)

  • Status: stolen
  • 1U Supermicro, AMD Athlon K7, 2GB
  • 2x300GB PATA