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    <title>My Computers</title>
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    <published>2007-12-29T09:54:02+00:00</published>
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      <name>tumbleweed</name>
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    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>No geek&#8217;s homepage would we complete without a list of his&nbsp;computers&nbsp;:-)</p>

<h2>Vivaldi</h2>

<p><img src="/files/vivaldi-1.jpg" alt="Vivaldi case" /> <img src="/files/vivaldi-2.jpg" alt="Vivaldi monitors" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Vivaldi is my main desktop workhorse. Packing lots of <span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span> space, dual monitors, and a <span class="caps"><span class="caps">DL</span></span> <span class="caps"><span class="caps">DVD</span></span> writer.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Home built <span class="caps"><span class="caps">AMD64</span></span> workstation: <span class="caps"><span class="caps">MSI</span></span> <span class="caps"><span class="caps">K8N</span></span> Neo4 mobo</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">AMD</span></span> Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>1.5GiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span>:</th><td>120GiB main drive + 2TiB <span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAID</span></span>-5 array over 3 x 1TiB disks.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>Dual Gigabit</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>Debian/testing amd64 (with i386 chroot)</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Beethoven</h2>

<p><img src="/files/beethoven.jpg" alt="Beethoven" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>My current, baby laptop.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Apple MacBook 2007</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Intel Core 2 Duo T7400</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>2.5GiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span>:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">160GB</span></span></td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>Gigabit <span class="amp">&amp;</span> Atheros 802.11n Wifi</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>Ubuntu amd64</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Liszt</h2>

<p><img src="/files/liszt.jpg" alt="Liszt" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>My big, and slightly aging laptop.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Acer Ferrari 4005WMLi</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">AMD</span></span> Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology <span class="caps"><span class="caps">ML</span></span>-37</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>1GiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span>:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">100GB</span></span></td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>Gigabit <span class="amp">&amp;</span> Wifi</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>Ubuntu amd64</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Mahler</h2>

<p><img src="/files/mahler.jpg" alt="Mahler" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Home <span class="caps"><span class="caps">LTSP</span></span> server, mainly used by my mother and sister.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Home built workstation: <span class="caps"><span class="caps">MSI</span></span> <span class="caps"><span class="caps">K7T266</span></span> Pro2 mobo</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">AMD</span></span> Athlon(tm) <span class="caps"><span class="caps">XP</span></span> 1700+</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>762MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span>:</th><td>111GiB (<span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAID</span></span>-1 over 2 <span class="caps"><span class="caps">120GB</span></span> disks)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>100Mbit</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>Ubuntu</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Ixia</h2>

<p><img src="/files/ixia.jpg" alt="Ixia" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Home server: Mail, File, Printer, Web Proxy, <span class="caps"><span class="caps">APT</span></span> proxy, <span class="caps"><span class="caps">SVN</span></span> reopository, Database, and more&#8230;</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Mecer Premium-x</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Pentium <span class="caps"><span class="caps">III</span></span> (Katmai) 460MHz (underclocked for <span class="caps"><span class="caps">PII</span></span> mobo)</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>192MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span>:</th><td>110GiB (<span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAID</span></span>-1 over 2 <span class="caps"><span class="caps">120GB</span></span> disks)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>100Mbit</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>Debian/stable</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Schubert <span class="amp">&amp;</span>&nbsp;Berlioz</h2>

<p><img src="/files/schubert.jpg" alt="Schubert" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">DSL</span></span> router, WiFi <span class="caps"><span class="caps">AP</span></span> (hidden in the bowels of the
    attic in a hole of a central wall, above a sewage pipe :-)&nbsp;&mdash; the
    one place that gives most of the house coverage, berlioz does the rest)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Linksys WRT54g V2.4</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Broadcom <span class="caps"><span class="caps">BCM3302</span></span> V0.7</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>14MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span>:</th><td>3MiB Flash</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>5-port managed 100Mbit switch, WiFi</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>OpenWRT White Russion</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Telemann</h2>

<p><img src="/files/telemann.jpg" alt="Telemann" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Nothing</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Compaq Contura 410C</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>486</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>12MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span>:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">6GB</span></span></td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>None (<span class="caps"><span class="caps">PCMCIA</span></span> reqd.)</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>DeLi 0.7-pre</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Salieri</h2>

<p><img src="/files/salieri.jpg" alt="Salieri" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">LTSP</span></span> Terminal</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Compaq Deskpro</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Celeron (Mendocino) 333MHz</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>64MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>100Mbit</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>Ubuntu <span class="caps"><span class="caps">LTSP</span></span> Client</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>N800</h2>

<p><img src="/files/n800.jpg" alt="n800" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Internet Tablet</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Nokia N800</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>ARMv6 388MHz</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>128MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Flash:</th><td>256MiB + 2GiB <span class="caps"><span class="caps">SD</span></span></td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>WiFi</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>Maemo <span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS2008</span></span></td></tr>
</table>

<h2>iRiver</h2>

<p><img src="/files/iriver.jpg" alt="iRiver" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Ogg / <span class="caps"><span class="caps">MP3</span></span> player. As it runs <span class="caps"><span class="caps">OSS</span></span> firmware, it has to be listed :-)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>iRiver iHP-140</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Motorola <span class="caps"><span class="caps">SCF5249</span></span> 140MHz coldfire</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">RAM</span></span>:</th><td>32MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">HDD</span></span>:</th><td><span class="caps"><span class="caps">40GB</span></span></td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps"><span class="caps">OS</span></span>:</th><td>Rockbox <span class="caps"><span class="caps">CVS</span></span></td></tr>
</table>

<h2>The&nbsp;graveyard</h2>

<p><img src="/files/graveyard.jpg" alt="graveyard" /></p>

<p>The graveyard is where I dig around when a machine dies / is needed. It
contains a couple of decent PIIIs, and a Pentium 200 that has stood the test
of time - at the prime of its life it was host to a 1TiB disk&nbsp;array&nbsp;:-)</p>
    ]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>No geek&#8217;s homepage would we complete without a list of his computers&nbsp;:-)</p>

<h2>Vivaldi</h2>

<p><img src="/files/vivaldi-1.jpg" alt="Vivaldi case" /> <img src="/files/vivaldi-2.jpg" alt="Vivaldi monitors" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Vivaldi is my main desktop workhorse. Packing lots of <span class="caps">HDD</span> space, dual monitors, and a <span class="caps">DL</span> <span class="caps">DVD</span> writer.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Home built <span class="caps">AMD64</span> workstation: <span class="caps">MSI</span> <span class="caps">K8N</span> Neo4 mobo</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td><span class="caps">AMD</span> Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>1.5GiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">HDD</span>:</th><td>120GiB main drive + 2TiB <span class="caps">RAID</span>-5 array over 3 x 1TiB disks.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>Dual Gigabit</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>Debian/testing amd64 (with i386 chroot)</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Beethoven</h2>

<p><img src="/files/beethoven.jpg" alt="Beethoven" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>My current, baby laptop.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Apple MacBook 2007</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Intel Core 2 Duo T7400</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>2.5GiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">HDD</span>:</th><td><span class="caps">160GB</span></td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>Gigabit <span class="amp">&amp;</span> Atheros 802.11n Wifi</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>Ubuntu amd64</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Liszt</h2>

<p><img src="/files/liszt.jpg" alt="Liszt" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>My big, and slightly aging laptop.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Acer Ferrari 4005WMLi</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td><span class="caps">AMD</span> Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology <span class="caps">ML</span>-37</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>1GiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">HDD</span>:</th><td><span class="caps">100GB</span></td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>Gigabit <span class="amp">&amp;</span> Wifi</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>Ubuntu amd64</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Mahler</h2>

<p><img src="/files/mahler.jpg" alt="Mahler" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Home <span class="caps">LTSP</span> server, mainly used by my mother and sister.</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Home built workstation: <span class="caps">MSI</span> <span class="caps">K7T266</span> Pro2 mobo</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td><span class="caps">AMD</span> Athlon(tm) <span class="caps">XP</span> 1700+</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>762MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">HDD</span>:</th><td>111GiB (<span class="caps">RAID</span>-1 over 2 <span class="caps">120GB</span> disks)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>100Mbit</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>Ubuntu</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Ixia</h2>

<p><img src="/files/ixia.jpg" alt="Ixia" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Home server: Mail, File, Printer, Web Proxy, <span class="caps">APT</span> proxy, <span class="caps">SVN</span> reopository, Database, and more&#8230;</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Mecer Premium-x</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Pentium <span class="caps">III</span> (Katmai) 460MHz (underclocked for <span class="caps">PII</span> mobo)</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>192MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">HDD</span>:</th><td>110GiB (<span class="caps">RAID</span>-1 over 2 <span class="caps">120GB</span> disks)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>100Mbit</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>Debian/stable</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Schubert <span class="amp">&amp;</span>&nbsp;Berlioz</h2>

<p><img src="/files/schubert.jpg" alt="Schubert" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td><span class="caps">DSL</span> router, WiFi <span class="caps">AP</span> (hidden in the bowels of the
    attic in a hole of a central wall, above a sewage pipe :-)&nbsp;&mdash; the
    one place that gives most of the house coverage, berlioz does the rest)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Linksys WRT54g V2.4</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Broadcom <span class="caps">BCM3302</span> V0.7</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>14MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">HDD</span>:</th><td>3MiB Flash</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>5-port managed 100Mbit switch, WiFi</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>OpenWRT White Russion</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Telemann</h2>

<p><img src="/files/telemann.jpg" alt="Telemann" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Nothing</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Compaq Contura 410C</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>486</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>12MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">HDD</span>:</th><td><span class="caps">6GB</span></td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>None (<span class="caps">PCMCIA</span> reqd.)</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>DeLi 0.7-pre</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>Salieri</h2>

<p><img src="/files/salieri.jpg" alt="Salieri" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td><span class="caps">LTSP</span> Terminal</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Compaq Deskpro</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Celeron (Mendocino) 333MHz</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>64MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>100Mbit</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>Ubuntu <span class="caps">LTSP</span> Client</td></tr>
</table>

<h2>N800</h2>

<p><img src="/files/n800.jpg" alt="n800" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Internet Tablet</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>Nokia N800</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>ARMv6 388MHz</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>128MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Flash:</th><td>256MiB + 2GiB <span class="caps">SD</span></td></tr>
  <tr><th>Network:</th><td>WiFi</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>Maemo <span class="caps">OS2008</span></td></tr>
</table>

<h2>iRiver</h2>

<p><img src="/files/iriver.jpg" alt="iRiver" /></p>

<table>
  <tr><th>Function:</th><td>Ogg / <span class="caps">MP3</span> player. As it runs <span class="caps">OSS</span> firmware, it has to be listed :-)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Model:</th><td>iRiver iHP-140</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Processor:</th><td>Motorola <span class="caps">SCF5249</span> 140MHz coldfire</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">RAM</span>:</th><td>32MiB</td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">HDD</span>:</th><td><span class="caps">40GB</span></td></tr>
  <tr><th><span class="caps">OS</span>:</th><td>Rockbox <span class="caps">CVS</span></td></tr>
</table>

<h2>The&nbsp;graveyard</h2>

<p><img src="/files/graveyard.jpg" alt="graveyard" /></p>

<p>The graveyard is where I dig around when a machine dies / is needed. It
contains a couple of decent PIIIs, and a Pentium 200 that has stood the test
of time - at the prime of its life it was host to a 1TiB disk array&nbsp;:-)</p>
    ]]></content>
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