any other computer nuts here?

I've been doing work with computers for over 12 years now i think.. My oldest computer was probably the ELF II from the mid-70's. Among my collection i've got illegal clone Apple II systems, over 20 Macs, a prototype motorola motherboard with a RISC processor but PC style hardware, every Apple newton PDA, and piles upon piles of various PC hardware. the first picture is of my home servers (router, sql server, 320gb file server, sql/web backup server, user public shell server). the second picture is the room I use to store all this stuff. The third picture is my office desk with my dual screen setup and my two laptops. I'd say i have no less than 40 systems in my basement
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"I like unicorns"


Antony

 

got porn?

 

Sort of.............

I got involved with the first pc's ..... think Tandy, Comodore, etc.

When I started selling computers, Leading Edge, Apple Lisa, Compaq were big sellers.

I've watched the Apple computers grow and many other companies disappear.

I was a Cert. Novell and IBM network installer when they were king.

Now, I don't own any legacy machines. I just upgrade as needed.

The latest computer is a Dell XPS 5 Expected on Thursday:


DIMENSION XPS GEN 5 Pentium® 4 Processor 640 with HT Technology (3.20GHz, 800 FSB)

Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs

Monitor 24 inch UltraSharp™ 2405FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel

Video Cards 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon™ X850 XT PE

Hard Drive 500GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM)
500S

Floppy Drive and Media Reader 9 in 1 Media Card Reader
MCR

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
WPXP

CD or DVD Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
DV16DVR

Sound Cards Sound Blaster Audigy™ 2 ZS (D) Card w/Dolby 5.1, IEEE 1394 capability
SBA2X

Speakers Dell 5650 5.1 100 Watt Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer

Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options SAVE $60 (after rebate) 4Yr Ltd Warr, 4Yr At-Home plus nights and weekends

XPS Specialized Support Dimension XPS, Specialized Support

Optional Ports Serial Port Adapter
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This is tied into my 24 port switch that is connected to a 12 port switch with 2 WAN ports connected to two hi speed connections that are load balanced for redudancy. I have 15/2mb FIOS and a 3mb/768 Comcast connections

So, do I qualify? Not sure..........

 

all that to look at porn?

i have a dual monitor setup for centrefolds

 

Start a museum and ask visitors a fee to see your collection...that way you will see some return on investment (next to the porn of course)!

 

blah, blah, blah............ dual monitors is so yesterday. I've had dual 20" flat screens on my upstairs computer for years.

24" no centerfold "staple"

Oh, my bad.....Actually this computer will be connected to a 42" plasma. So I guess that's dual monitors.

 

lol I don't do porn.. Out of all the machines in my collection, that huge compaq server is the most valuable to me as my site was first hosted on it in 2001. I built one of the largest online text file collections and had thousands upon thousands of visits. After 4 years of uptime I had to take it offline while I find a new ISP.

Sadly, my fastest computer is my gateway laptop clocking at 2.2ghz. All my servers are relatively slow with the compaq clocking at 200mhz, the digital tower with dual 266mhz, the black tower with a duron 900... i'm a big collector though so most of my stuff is outdated

 

Nice collection of Macs you have, I still have my SE20 from 1988. I also just got an IMAC blueberry a couple of days ago, disk drive isn't working though. I'm trying to get it work but it maybe not worth saving.

 

I just don't get nostalgic for old silicon anymore.

I used to have my old TI 99/4 and accessories stored away, along with the Apple II gs and an Amiga 2500, but frankly I never used the stuff.

I also used to keep piles of older machines, but realized that while NT 3.51 on an DEC Alpha was kinda cool and darned near impervious as a webserver (at the time), I just didn't need it.

Now I tend to keep a whitebox mailserver and a couple of laptops around. Glad the pile of beige boxes is gone

 

i've still got an Apple IIgs and i even run the GS/OS on it which looks just like the early MacOS. One of my big hobbies is collecting operating systems. I've got nearly every version of NT and i've also tried some beta systems like Apple's Rhapsody on my x86 box. My ultimate goal would be to get "star trek" which was Mac System 7 converted to intel but locked in the Apple vault after being completed.

 

you mean SE/30 right? . I've got one of those stacked in there too

 

Guys, I don't think this makes you a computer nut.

I think it just shows you're old! lol

 

Nope it's an SE/20 or SE. Here a pic with some old game systems in storage. Makes me wonder if it's even worth putting up on EBAY.
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I love computers. As of now im looking to buy a new XPS gen 2 laptop, and an XPS gen 5 desktop. Im looking to see if dell can cut me a deal if I buy both at the same time, if not ill wait for some good deal to come along. I helped my sister build her computer a few weeks ago. Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case black/sidewindow. The case is so quiet, like silent. no hum of the fans at all. come cool blue led lights too.

 

! thats like my dream computer system there. gahhhh

 

talk about some pc there.. you could make a nice render farm with all those... im kinda a pc guy, but not to the point where i keep my old ones.

Letsjet Nice Pc, but the only problem is you went with an intel..lol

 

If you have anything missing on this list, donate it!

http://www.oldcomputers.net/

 

I have an XPS2 laptop.....It is the best

The Gen 5 arrives Weds. Though as of today the XPS600 is out so you won't get a Gen 5.

Good luck on the deal.... I think your best bet is to use the discount coupons.

 

Oh I forgot about my macs........

G4 17"

You know that Mac OS next ver. will work on PCs

 

I will take a pict when setup

 

really tiger will work on pcs? thats cool except i cant stand the IU of macs.

im going to build a new computer next march. im going to do dual core AMD when they switch sockes next year from 939 to M2 so i can get DDR-2 in it. then ill drop in 2 gigs of ram and the best vid card at the time then run to HD's on 74gig raptor and then a 300gig maxitor. its going to be great

 

I don't think it's Tiger....might be the next...I'll have to check.

Did I mention my 2 250gb NAS?

 

tiger is the new one.

 

Here is an article to what I was alluding to. Not sure how this is going to shake out.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5819211.html