Computers

We have too many computers – looked at one way; in other ways, we don't have enough.

See also: MAC addresses

Specifications

This is a brief record of the specs of the various machines we use.

Beaker

• OS: Windows 98

Harena's Windows-addiction machine, now used only for Eudora and games

Bert

• Old Rizzo-Vincent1.2, with refurb HD and Ubuntu 8.10
• Zander's machine

Bunsen

• OS: Fedora Core 6 Kubuntu 8.04

Harena's main desktop

Cookie

• CPU: Pentium III 731.594 MHz, ~384 MB RAM, ~40 GB HD
• OS: Ubuntu 6.10

This is officially Zander</>Josh's machine (Zander now has Bert)

Floyd

• OS: Kubuntu 7.10 8.04

Harena's laptop

Gonzo II

• OS: Kubuntu 8.04
• sysbd: Biostar P4M900-M7FE v7.0 Socket 775 (invoice)
  • BioStar driver downloads
  • TigerDirect
  • Supposedly uses a RealTek ALC662 for sound, but lspci detects "VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)"
• CPU: Intel Pentium D "3.20GHz" but actually running at 2.1 GHz - ??
• RAM: 3,050,268 kb
• HD: 2 x 500 GB

Melorr

• OS: Windows XP (not by our choice...)

Mel's laptop

Mokey

• Windows 98

Currently in retirement; needs new power supply. Slated to become Benjamin's PC (though at this rate it will be obsolete before we find a place to set it up).

Rizzo

• OS: Xubuntu 7.10
• CPU: Celeron 1.6 GHz (64-bit? not sure; using 32-bit Xubuntu)
• RAM: 1 GB
• HD: constantly adding more; was up to a terabyte last time I checked

The basement-rat server; runs Apache and MySQL for web site development; stores backups

Scooter

Woozle's Sony Vaio laptop

• OS: Kubuntu 8.10 (very sluggish; will probably replace with Ubuntu or Xubuntu soon)
• CPU: ~600 Mhz
• RAM: 256 MB (max)

Vincent 1.2

• OS: Win98
• Sysbd: Asus A7N266-VM (1 GB RAM max)
• CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1800+, 1529.384 MHz
• RAM: 743172 kB 992 MB
• History:
  • 2009-02-20 Replaced power supply; traded 256 MB memory module for another 512 MB from NewEgg
  • 2009-02-22 Updated BIOS from v1004/AA to v1008 beta; re-ran Windows setup to get it working again

Woozle's Windows-addiction machine; used for CoolEdit Pro, PaintShop Pro

Josh's machine

Not on the network; very outdated Pentium-something running Windows 95B.

Retired

Vincent 1.1

• CPU: "Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.50GHz" at 1495.302 MHz
• Specs: Compaq Presario 5320US (HP Amazon)
• RAM: 512kb
• HD: 55.8 GB primary, also a ~20 GB secondary ("Nymineteen")
• OS: Windows 98

Sysboard became "Bert" (Z&B's machine) after refurb HD was added; the 55 & 20 GB drives were moved to Vincent 1.2

Gonzo I

• OS: Kubuntu 7.10
• Sysbd: ASUS A7N266-VM (1 GB RAM max)
• CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1800+, 1529.384 MHz
• RAM: 743172 kB

Was woozle's main desktop; replaced by Gonzo II

Deceased

Vincent 1.0

• Sysbd: Biostar U8668 (2 GB RAM max)
• CPU: Intel x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4, whatever that is
• RAM: 1022 MB RAM (1 GB)

Sysbd died suddenly; see Log below.

Log

• 2009-02-03 Moved Vincent's HDs over to Gonzo I; video and most system drivers seem to work.
• 2009-01-19 Gonzo I got replaced by Gonzo II over the summer
• 2008-01-02 Vincent got fried by a dying power supply; it turns out Rizzo's only problem was an electrically-problematic HD, so old Rizzo is now taking Vincent's place. All it took was finding Win98 drivers for the video and onboard ethernet.