Blinky's Hardware

The only thing unusual about Thurston is the blowhole I built into the case side, but I figured that was worth showing (bottom of page). Ginger is very tall. The Skipper is elderly. Mary Ann is new as of this writing.

Thurston

Mandriva 2006.0 Linux

Blinkybuilt Tower - began life as a 386SX-16 in 1990

CPU - AMD Athlon XP Thorobred 2400+ @ 2GHz
MB - Shuttle AK32E Full ATX / VIA KT266A Chipset
RAM - 1GB PC2100 DDR
VID - GeForce2 MX400 64MB
HDD - Two Western Digital ATA100 7200RPM 80GB
DVD - Pioneer DVD-R100 Burner
NIC - LinkSys ADM983
PSU - Thermaltake Purepower 500
Other
- Modem - Accent/D-Link Serial V.92
- Monitor - Samsung SyncMaster 245BW 24" 1920 x 1200
- UPS - Belkin P6C1100-UNV 1100VA/1080J/660W

Ginger

SuSE 10.0 Linux / Windows 2000 Pro

New at Blinky's Dec 05 - a huge 11-bay homebuilt given to me by a friend for whom I did some computer work.

CPU - AMD Athlon 700MHz - my only slotted CPU ever
MB - BCM Q5754 with an AMD 750 chipset
RAM - 512MB PC133 (at PC100 speed)
VID - ATI All-In-Wonder Rage128 16MB
HDD - Maxtor 40GB (came with a 20GB IBM Deskstar)
DVD - Pioneer DVD-R100 Burner
NIC - D-Link DFE-530TX+
PSU - No-Name 300W
On Deck (waiting to be installed):
- ATI Radeon Pro 9250 64MB Graphics Adaptor
Other
- Modem - Creative Labs Modem Blaster Serial V.90
- Monitor - Emprex 17" LCD

Mary Ann

Windows XP

Compaq Presario 5015US laptop, new in February 2006

CPU - 1.8GHz AMD Turion 64
RAM - 1GB DDR PC3200 (333Mhz)
VID - ATI Radeon Xpress 200M - 128MB
Mon - 15.4" WXGA wide screen
HDD - 60GB
OTH - double-layer DVD burner, NIC, wireless, etc. - the usual stuff these days

The Skipper

Windows 98SE

UMAX Laptop - another hand-me-down, from a friend who upgraded to a newer laptop. Now retired but retained here for sentimental reasons. Think of it as a third-level backup. :)

CPU - AMD K6-2 400MHz
RAM - 128MB PC100
HDD - 4GB
NIC - 3COM 3C589C

Shared

Scanner - Epson Perfection 100 Photo
Printer - HP LaserJet 5M
Printer - Canon IP1600
Printer - Epson ColorStylus 660
Printer - R.I.P. Epson C62 aggressively disassembled with claw hammer and gusto early 2006
Camera - Fuji S7000 - 2GB Microdrive/256MB xD
Camera - Fuji A820 - 1GB SD
Thumb - 4GB Corsair, 1GB and 128MB Lexar Sport JumpDrives, 512MB Lexar Firefly
PDA - Palm Tungsten E, 256MB SD RAM
Blinky - 1947 shark; lots of miles and way out of warranty

thurston.blinkynet.net: not overclocked, but some high ambient temps from Southern California environment; HSF is a Coolermaster all-copper HCC-002 sink with a loud fan that can't be heard over the roar of the blowhole fan on the side of the case.

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