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      <p class="Title"><strong><span class="tm10">My Hardware Over The
            Years</span></strong></p>
      <p>Published by <a class="p-author h-card"
          href="http://www.digisensei.org">Marc D.</a> on <time
          class="dt-published" datetime="2025-01-29 00:23:00">29<sup>th</sup>
          January 2025</time></p>
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        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <h2><strong>Computer Hardware (1998)</strong></h2>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal">For those interested in this sort of thing
          here's info on the</p>
        <p class="Normal">two computers I own at the moment.</p>
        <p class="Normal">The Tandy was used from late 1987 to '91, I
          think, where it was</p>
        <p class="Normal">replaced by an Austin 386SX-20 and later a
          put-together 486DX-33.</p>
        <p class="Normal">Those last two were stolen and sold,
          respectively, so the Tandy was</p>
        <p class="Normal">back in use from 1992 to 1997.</p>
        <p class="Normal">The thing just won't quit working. (^ ^)</p>
        <p class="Normal">During those years I fell behind and never
          really caught up.</p>
        <p class="Normal">Had Linux 0.95C+ up and running and was
          getting acquainted with</p>
        <p class="Normal">the then unreleased Window NT (I received a
          couple beta packages</p>
        <p class="Normal">with NT and Win32s SDK but lost the 486 just
          before receiving</p>
        <p class="Normal">the finished version). Tried some X Window
          programming via</p>
        <p class="Normal">DESQview/X and GCC, too. All forgotten though
          since there wasn't</p>
        <p class="Normal">too much I could do on an XT-class machine.
          But anyhind...</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <h4><strong>386 System</strong></h4>
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          <li class="tm12">AMD 80386DX-40</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">32MB RAM</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">128K Cache</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">635MB IDE Hard Drive, Quantum TRB635B</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">1.3GB IDE Hard Drive, Western Digital
            Caviar WDAC21200</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">1.44MB 3.5" Floppy</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">1.2MB 5.25" Floppy</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">CD-ROM Drive, 32X, Atlas
            Peripherals/Wearnes</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Tape Drive, 2GB, Iomega Ditto,
            External (Parallel)</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Diamond SpeedStar 64 Video, 2MB RAM,
            Cirrus Logic GD-5434 chipset</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Sound Conductor SND20 Sound Card,
            ESS1868 (SoundBlaster Pro)</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">MIDI Card, MPU-401, Music Quest
            (hooked up to Korg X5DR sound module)</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Controller, SIIG EIDE Master ISA+I/O</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Monitor, Hewlett Packard D3857A, 15"</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Modem, Practical Peripherals MC288MT
            II V.FC, 28.8 Kbps, External</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Mouse Systems PC Trackball II</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Gravis PC GamePad</li>
        </ul>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <ul class="Normal tm11">
          <li class="tm12">Caldera DR-DOS 7.03 BETA with 4DOS 6.01
            command processor</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Windows For Workgroups 3.11</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Linux (Slackware-based), kernel 2.0.36</li>
        </ul>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <h4><strong>Tandy 1000 HX</strong></h4>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
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          <li class="tm12">NEC V-20, 7.16MHz (apparently)</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Memory Card, Xtra-K 1000 PlusCard
            providing 736K Low/DOS RAM, 5MB EMS (expandable to 8MB total
            EMS)</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">524MB SCSI Hard Drive, Toshiba
            MK2428FB, 2.5"</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">SCSI Controller, Storage-Master 1000
            PlusCard w/one 9-pin serial port (Future Domain TMC-950
            BIOS)</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Two 720K 3.5" Floppy Drives, Internal</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">360K 5.25" Floppy, External</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">1.44MB 3.5" Floppy, External,
            Microsolutions Backpack</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Video, Tandy Graphics, CGA compatible
            with enhancements [PCjr] (Max color and max resolution of
            320x200x16 and 640x200x4, respectively)</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">I/O Card, SIIG I/O Professional (two
            16550 serial, one bi-directional parallel)</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">Monitors, RGB/TTL,
            Tandy/Samsung/Panasonic, whichever one is working</li>
        </ul>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <ul class="Normal tm11">
          <li class="tm12">Microsoft MS-DOS 5.00 with 4DOS 5.52 command
            processor</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12">DeskMate 3.05</li>
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        <hr>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <h2><strong>Computer Hardware (2014)</strong></h2>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal">This is the hardware I was running at the time
          of my “retirement”. These machines are not lost, removed, or
          stored away but remain In Situ. They are in exactly the same
          place when last used, just collecting dust. Silly, if not
          idiotic, I know. Also includes printers, routers, external
          hard drives, network attached storage, etc.</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <ul class="Normal tm11">
          <li class="tm12"><b>IBM ThinkPad T21, Pentium III</b> -
            Slackware 12 &amp; Windows XP</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12"><b>Panasonic Toughbook CF-27, Pentium
              II</b> - Arch Linux</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12"><b>Dell OptiPlex GX260 Slim, Pentium 4</b>
            - Vector Linux &amp; Windows XP</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12"><b>Dell OptiPlex GX260 SFF, Pentium 4</b>
            - Xubuntu &amp; Windows 2000</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12"><b>Silicon Graphics SGI O2, MIPS
              R10000</b> - IRIX</li>
          <li class="Normal tm12"><b>Custom Made Tower, AMD Phenom II X6
              1090T</b> - OpenIndiana (formerly OpenSolaris), Debian
            Wheezy, Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows 7 Pro</li>
        </ul>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal">The above list was taken from an old tagline
          so lacks any other specs.</p>
        <p class="Normal">There’s an undocumented period from about 2000
          to 2006. A custom built machine running Slackware Linux but
          later Windows 98. An old IBM low profile desktop who’s model I
          forgot. Pentium I running Slackware 3.9.</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <hr>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <h2><strong>Computer Hardware (2025)</strong></h2>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal">The current set of in-use machines.</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
	<p class="Normal"><strong><span class="tm13">UGREEN NASync DXP2800, Intel N100 (4) @ 3.400GHz, 16GB RAM, Network Attached Storage:</span></strong></p>
        <p class="Normal">UGOS Pro 1.3.0.2321, Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal"><strong><span class="tm13">OSMC Vero V, AMLogic S905X4-OSMC, ARM Cortex-A55 (4) @ 2.004GHz, 4GB RAM, Single Board Computer:</span></strong></p>
        <p class="Normal">Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) aarch64</p>
        <p class="Normal">(media box)</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal"><strong><span class="tm13">Lenovo ThinkPad
              SL510 2847DKU, Intel Core 2 Duo T6670 (2) @ 2.201GHz, 8GB
              RAM, Laptop:</span></strong></p>
        <p class="Normal">MX Linux 21.2.1_(respin) FVWM_Ext<br>
        </p>
        <p class="Normal">OpenBSD </p>
        <p class="Normal">Void Linux</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal"><strong><span class="tm13">Beelink SER4, AMD
              Ryzen 7 4800U (16) @ 1.800GHz, 32GB RAM, Mini PC: </span></strong></p>
        <p class="Normal">Slint 15.0 (Slackware-based)</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal"><strong><span class="tm13">ASUS K52F, Intel i5
              M 480 (4) @ 2.667GHz, 8GB RAM, Laptop:</span></strong></p>
        <p class="Normal">Windows 7 Pro</p>
        <p class="Normal">(Emergency machine, from 2014)</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal"><strong><span class="tm13">Lenovo ThinkPad E15
              Gen 3, AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (16) @ 1.800GHz, 40GB RAM,
              Laptop:</span></strong></p>
        <p class="Normal">Slackware 15.0</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal"><strong><span class="tm13">Lenovo ThinkPad X1
              Carbon Gen 3, Intel Core i7 8650U (8) @ 1.800GHz, 16GB
              RAM, 2-In-1 Laptop/Tablet:</span></strong></p>
        <p class="Normal">Fedora KDE Plasma Mobile Spin</p>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
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        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <h2><strong>Mobile Age</strong></h2>
        <p class="Normal">&nbsp;</p>
        <p class="Normal">After the retirement I jumped headlong into
          mobile. Lots of Android phones and tablets as well as Linux
          Mobile.</p>
        <p class="Normal">Certified flash-a-holic and multibooter. That
          will take a whole new page or pages to document. (^_^)<br>
        </p>
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