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Timothy J Bruce

Computer System Computer History

Timothy J. Bruce

PC001

  • Style: Generic PC/XT
  • Source: Island Micro, Inc (Seattle, WA)
  • CPU: NEC V20
  • Mass Storage: 20 Mb Hard drive
  • RAM: 640Kb RAM
  • Video: CGA Video Card
  • Monitor: Color Composite Monitor
    • Upgraded to EGA about 1988
  • Modem: 1200 Baud Modem
    • Upgraded to 2400 Baud
  • Operating System: MS DOS 3.0
  • Purchased: August 1986
  • Disposed: 1991? (Sold)

PC002

  • Style: ?? TI 99/4A
  • Mass Storage: Data Cassette
  • Purchased: May 1989
  • Disposed: 1994? (Goodwill)

PC003

  • Style: Generic 80386
  • Source: Sysper Technologies (San Jose, CA)
  • CPU: 80386 / 25 MHz
  • Mass Storage: 1.2 Mb Floppy
  • Mass Storage: 1.4 Mb Floppy
  • Mass Storage 100 Mb Hard drive
    • Added 212 MB Hard drive Nov 92
    • Replaced 100 Mb Hard drive with 340 Mb Jan 94
  • RAM: 2 Mb RAM
  • Video Card: Super VGA (with 1 Mb Video RAM)
  • Modem: 2400 Baud Modem
  • Accessories: Logitech Serial Mouse
  • Operating System: MS DOS 4.01
  • Purchased: February 1991
  • Disposed: 1998? (Surplus – Free Geek?)

PC004

  • Style: BSR (ARC) 386 SX
  • Source: DAK Industries, Inc
  • CPU 80386 SX / 16 MHz
  • Purchased: November 1992
  • Disposed: 1996 (Sold?)

PC005

  • Style: Bondwell DAK Industries, Inc
  • CPU: 80386 SX (?) Notebook
  • RAM: 1 MB Ram
  • Mass Storage: 10 Mb Hard drive
  • Purchased: Apr 1993?
  • Disposed: 1995 (Sold)

PC006

  • Style: Generic (Custom Built) California Computer Show (Santa Barbara?)
  • CPU: Pentium 166 MHz MMX
  • Video: ATI Video Tuner
  • RAM: 4 Mb RAM
  • Mass Storage: 540 Mb Harddrive
    • Upgraded to 6 Gb (Apr 1998)
  • Purchased April 1997
  • Disposed: N/A
  • IP Address: 192.168.10.6

PC007

  • Style: Desktop
  • CPU: Style: AMD K6-2 350 MHz
  • Source: Affordable Technology (Beaverton, OR)
  • Purchased: February 1999
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: Kid’s Computer
  • IP Address: DHCP

PC008

  • Style: Compaq 486 DX50 Laptop
  • CPU: 486 DX50
  • Source: Sane Technology (Seattle, WA)
  • Mass Storage: 100 Mb Parallel Zip Drive
  • Mass Storage: 300 Mb Harddrive
  • Purchased: February 1999
  • Disposed: Jun 2000 (System failure)

PC009

  • Style: Micron P5 / 133 MHz Laptop
  • Purchased: July 2001
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: Family Laptop
  • IP Address: DHCP

PC010

  • Style: Custom Built Intel 1.5 GHz Mid Tower
  • CPU: Pentium 4 – 1.5 GHz
  • Source: Fry’s Electronics (Seattle, WA)
  • Mass Storage: 100 Mb Parallel Zip Drive
  • Mass Storage: 300 Mb Harddrive
  • Purchased: Oct 2002
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: My Main Desktop
  • IP Address: 192.168.10.9

PC011

  • Style: Desktop PC
  • CPU: AMD
  • Source: Beaverton, OR
  • Purchased: June 2002
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: Replacement for PC009

PC012

  • Style: Compaq Deskpro
  • Source: Budget Computers (Beaverton, OR)
  • CPU: Pentium II – 32 Mb RAM
  • Purchased: September 2002
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: Freesco Router DNS Services

PC013

  • Style: Dell Dimension (Dell Tag: EI10U)
  • Source: Fiserv EFT (Surplus)
  • CPU: Pentium III – 550 MHz
  • RAM: 0 Mb RAM
    • (Added 256 Mb)
  • Mass Storage: 6 Gb Hard drive
  • Purchased: December 2003
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: Windows 2003 Server DHCP File Server DNS Active Directory

PC014

  • Style: Dell Dimension (Dell Tag: E6LDA)
  • Source: Fiserv EFT (Surplus)
  • CPU: Pentium III – 550 MHz
  • RAM: 64 Mb RAM
    • Replaced with 512 Mb
  • Mass Storage: 0 Gb Hard drive
    • Added 80 Gb
  • Purchased: December 2003
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: Linux Server Apache File Server MySQL Database Server

Updates: 14 Jun 2007

PC015

  • Style: Hewlett Packard
  • CPU: AMD Athlon 64, 3500+
  • RAM: 512 Mb RAM
  • Mass Storage: 200 Gb Hard drive
  • Monitor: 19" HP Flat screen monitor
  • Purchased: November 2006
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: Linux Desktop (Originally this had Windows Media Center installed. The hard drive failed after 3 months, so HP, after many support calls, shipped a new one. However, no backup of the system was taken after it was setup. The new hard drive had no Operating System, and HP had no DVDs in stock, so I installed Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (v7.04) on the system, and it has worked very well as a network workstation. Lightweight word processing, picture viewing, email, and web surfing.)

PC016

  • Style: Hewlett Packard HP Pavillion DV6000 series (Model DV6253CL)
  • CPU: AMD Athlon 64
  • RAM: 2 Gb RAM
  • Mass Storage: 120 Gb Hard drive
  • Purchased: February 2007
  • Disposed: N/A
  • Purpose: Linux Laptop (Development / Software Testing) (Originally this had Windows Vista installed. I tried various Linux distributions and settled on Kubuntu (Feisty Fawn - v7.04) as it seemed to recognize the most components (I did have trouble with the Wireless card and finally got that working on Jun 12.) and had minimal problems booting. I did try OpenSuSE v10.2, v10.3 Alpha 3, and some Debian Sarge and Debian Etch. All of them had problems with one or more components. I am running this system with the Expansion base (XB3000) and bought VMware workstaion v6.00 for testing / development. More info later.)

PC017

PC018

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PC019

PC020

PC021

PC022

PC023

  • Style: Mid-size Tower
  • CPU: Intel Core i5

PC024

PC025

PC026