| CPU |
Intel 486 DX 50 |
Sep 1992 |
| |
One of the very few real
50 MHz CPUs. It's running perfect and without any problems - for
six years now. |
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| RAM |
20 MB (4x4MB + 4x1MB SIMM) |
Aug 1997 |
| |
Enough for working in X11 while compiling the latest Linux kernel
in the background
|
|
| SCSI-Interface |
Adaptec 1542CF |
Jan 1998 |
| |
A rather high-end ISA
interface. Runs well with 5 MB/sec |
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| Harddisk |
IBM DCAS 43440 (4.3 GB) |
Jan 1998 |
| |
Big enough, but currently more than 50% filled.
Lost one sector in Nov 1998. |
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| Soundcard |
OPTi 82C931 PnP |
Sep 1997 |
| |
A real cheap and buggy (can only be initialized with it's own
DOS program) soundcard, but the sound itself is allright - as long,
as you don't expect HiFi-sound from it.
|
|
| Graphics Card |
Trident 8900D |
Oct 1998 |
| |
A really historic card. 256 colors are really painful, especially
when you such nice and colorful window managers like
Window Maker.
But at least, it runs with 1152x864 pixels with an acceptable
refresh rate.
|
|
| Monitor |
NEC Multisync 5E |
Sep 1998 |
| |
Finally - for the sixth birthday of my oldtimer, I've spent him
a 17" monitor. It's a used one but the picture is excellent.
Now, X11 with 1152x864 is possible.
The only strange thing - it's a very, very unknown model. It's even
not mentioned on the NEC web site. |
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| Modem |
NoName 14400 intern |
Sep 1994 |
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Works well and without any problems. It can also handle faxes -
unter Linux really neat. But of course - 14400 is an anachronism
in the days of 56K and ISDN. |
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| Streamer |
Archive/ESCOM 32150Q on an FC-10 card
|
Apr 1998 |
| |
A fair QIC80 (120 MB uncompressed) streamer. Much more quiet than
my Colorado Jumbo 120 (QIC40) before, but it produces lots of
(correctable) ECC errors. |
|
| CD-ROM |
BTC
CDD-157
|
Feb 1997 |
| |
A strange model. It took me several days to find drivers for it.
Under Linux, it works allright, though xmcd doesn't like it. It's
almost impossible to find the "right" driver for it. |
|
| Mouse |
Qtronix
|
Sep 1992 |
| |
Another very reliable thing. I never had any problems with that
mouse. |
|
| Case |
NoName Big Tower, 200W
|
Dec 1996 |
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Only a huge case can hold all my hardware |
|
| Printer |
HP
Deskjet 500
|
Sep 1992 |
| |
Compared to today's printers, this model is a real
historic, but absolutely useful one. It runs perfect within
my Linux environment. The counter relais, I installed on it
currently counts more than 9000 pages, printed with it. |
|
| Network Card |
NE2000
|
Oct 1998 |
| |
Runs without any problems. The only bad thing - it just works
with low IRQs, although it's a 16 bit card. |
|
| RDS Interface |
Conrad RDS-Manager, modified
by me
|
Aug 1997 |
| |
A little soldering and now it works with my computer. Too bad,
that I don't have any device-writing capabilities for Linux.
Having a nice X-Display with information about the current radio
program would be really cool. |
|
| DCF77-Interdace |
Conrad Electronics
|
Jan 1997 |
| |
When I used my computer for timing my watches, I quickly
discovered, that the system clock is hopelessly inaccurate -
sometimes even more than my handwinding watches. But with my
DCF 77 interface, it runs now at atomic precision. |
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| Operating systems |
Linux (2.2.0)
|
May 1994 |
| |
Hey, my machine is a Workstation, not a toy... |
|
| Bootloader |
MSDOS (6.22)
|
May 1994 |
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Forgive me, but my Soundcard can be initialized in DOS only
(really). But well - loadlin is a good Linux loader... |
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