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What's In The Retro Room and Server Room

   What good is having a menagerie of classic and historically relevant computers
   (plus some really kick-$#% modern hardware) if you can't brag about it? So let's
   brag about it. Some of these machines are very special to me, so I've tried to
   talk a little about why I have them in my house and where I got them. (What was
   here [11]in 2016? [12]2015? [13]2014? [14]2012?)

   Note to creeps, burglars and freaks: this house is protected by an alarm system,
   hidden webcams recording off-site and my laser-sight .40 Glock pistol (loaded
   with hollow point). This is not a joke. I've chosen to show a couple of the
   cameras here to let you know I'm not kidding.

   If you're more curious about a particular item, feel free to [15]drop me an
   E-mail.

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    1. alex
       Beige-box clone AMD Am5x86/133 (P75), 40MB RAM
       MS-DOS 6.22
       DOS games machine
       Gift from a friend

    2. spindler
       Quadra 800, Motorola 68040 clockchipped to 40MHz, 136MB RAM
       Mac OS 7.6.1, Mac OS 8.1, A/UX 3.1.1
       Mac 68K workstation
       Gift from a friend

    3. jonathan
       Power Mac 7300, 800MHz PowerPC G4/7455, 1GB RAM
       OrangePC 620, K6-II @ 400MHz, 128MB RAM
       Mac OS 9.1, Windows 95, Windows 98
       Mac games machine, Windows games machine
       University surplus

    4. indy
       Silicon Graphics Indy, 150MHz MIPS R4400SC, 256MB RAM
       Irix 6.5.10
       Newport XL24 graphics, Indy Presenter board
       Low-end SGI workstation, software testing
       Private purchase (case is blue bag under far table corner)

    5. russell
       Macintosh IIci, 50MHz Daystar '030+FPU, 64MB RAM, 8 o 24 o GC
       MacIvory III (8MW RAM)
       Mac OS 7.1 and Genera 8.3
       An incredibly expensive but compact Lisp Machine
       Purchased from DKS, but was a piece of crap, and I had to rehabilitate it at
       substantial additional expense
       Total bill: about US$6000

    6. dave
       Amiga 4000T (QuikPak), 56MHz Motorola 68060, 2MB fast/128MB chip RAM
       Hydra NIC, Picasso IV RTG
       AmigaOS 3.9
       WHDLoad games and AmigaOS experimentation
       Private purchase

    7. lucky (the new one)
       IBM ThinkPad 860 Power Series, 166MHz PowerPC 603, 96MB RAM
       AIX 4.1.5
       Portable AIX test rig
       Private purchase
       The original TP800 lucky had its SCSI fuse opened by a SCSI2SD and is being
       repaired

    8. scottie
       Tadpole-RDI Ultrabook IIi, 400MHz UltraSPARC IIi, 512MB RAM
       PGX24 graphics, all three (!) hard disk slots populated
       Solaris 10
       pkgsrc work, eventually
       Private purchase

    9. ruby
       Tadpole-RDI PrecisionBook, 160MHz PA-7300LC, 256MB RAM
       HP/UX 11i
       PA-RISC workstation
       Private purchase

   10. sparky
       Sun Ultra-3 laptop (rebadged Tadpole Viper), 1.2GHz UltraSPARC IIIi, 2GB RAM
       Solaris 10
       Sterilizing crotches and starting fires, Solaris development
       Private purchase

   11. purplehaze
       Silicon Graphics Indigo^2, 175MHz MIPS R10000, 256MB RAM
       Solid Impact graphics, Irix 6.5.22
       Sex appeal
       Private purchase

   12. scubeydoo
       Power Mac G4 Cube, 450MHz PowerPC G4, 512MB RAM
       Mac OS X 10.4.11
       Looking sexy (still waiting for a CPU upgrade and parts)
       Estate sale

   13. jean
       BeBox, dual PowerPC 603/133 CPU, 256MB RAM
       BeOS R5
       BeOS workstation
       Private purchase

   14. reykjavik
       Solbourne S3000 "DX", 33MHz KAP SPARC, 56MB RAM (SBus expansion)
       [18]Upgraded with S4100 CPU module and L2 cache
       OS/MP 4.1C (SunOS 4 based)
       SunOS workstation; console for ken
       Private purchase

   15. ken
       DEC VAXStation 3100 M76 SPX, 35.71MHz KA43-A "Rigel", 32MB RAM
       OpenVMS 6.2-Y2K
       VMS workstation
       Private purchase

   16. bruiser
       SAIC Galaxy 1100 (modified HP 9000/715), 80MHz PA-7100LC, 128MB RAM
       NeXTSTEP 3.3 and HP/UX 10.20 with TAC-4 overlay
       Portable NeXTSTEP workstation
       Private purchase

   17. bryce
       2007 Mac mini, Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz, 2GB RAM
       Mac OS X 10.6.8
       Temporarily retired pending repurposing
       Bought new
       On top on the monitor stand: USRobotics Pilot 1000, before it was Palm, just
       'cuz

   18. bil
       Commodore 128DCR, 1MHz MOS 8502, 128K RAM
       1571 disk drive, RR-Net Ethernet, SD2IEC
       Commodore BASIC 2.0/7.0
       6502 development workstation
       Private purchase

                                  In The Back Closet

               Original OLPC XO-1 (x2; bought new from Give One Get One)

                       akane: Macintosh Portable (needs a recap)
                barkley: Blueberry iBook G3 (WaMCom regression tester)

          benji: Macintosh PowerBook 1400 with G3/466 ([19]Classilla tester)
               (my first laptop, repaired hand-me-down from bro-in-law)

                   bigbunny: General Magic DataRover 840 (Magic Cap)
             gordon: Toshiba Satellite 486 Laptop (disk image workstation)
                      nathan: AT&T Globalist 620 P75 (Windows 95)
                    peanut: IBM PCjr, in case (plays King's Quest)
                     rintintin: Macintosh PowerBook 540 (68LC040)
                              spot: Newton eMate 300 (x2)
      wally: PowerBook WallStreet G3 (PDQ), 292MHz G3 ([20]Rhapsody test machine)
     fiduo: [21]PowerBook Duo 2300c/100 (PowerPC 603e) with mini-dock and working
                                        battery

   Various portables: Atari Lynx (full kit), Atari Portfolio, Nintendo GameBoy, NEC
       TurboExpress, Treamcast (portable Sega Dreamcast with LCD display), three
                                   Commodore SX-64s

   [a.jpg]

On The Corner

    1. woz
       Apple IIgs ROM 03 in Woz Limited Edition case, Transwarp GS 7MHz 65816, 2MB
       RAM
       GS/OS 6.0.1
       Apple II games machine
       School surplus
    2. jef
       Canon Cat, 5MHz Motorola 68000, 256K RAM
       Forth
       Gorgeous museum piece and homage to Jef Raskin
       Private purchase
    3. mystic
       Macintosh Colour Classic, LC575 Mystic board, Motorola 68LC040 @ 33MHz, 8MB
       RAM, Apple II card
       System 7.1
       Apple II card testing
       Private purchase
    4. sculley
       Newton MessagePad 2100, 162MHz StrongARM SA-110, 4MB RAM
       NewtonOS 2.1
       Newton experimentation
       Private purchase

   [b.jpg]

The Consoles

    1. stella
       Atari 2600 VCS (Darth Vader), 1.19MHz 6507, 128 bytes RAM
       Are you kidding?
       Way too much Kaboom!
       Private purchase
    2. sadie
       Sega Dreamcast, 200MHz Hitachi SH4, 16MB RAM, Broadband Adaptor
       Dreamcast OS, Windows CE, Linux, NetBSD
       Way too much Crazy Taxi
       Bought new
    3. sylvia
       Sylvania GTE Intellivision Master Component, 0.895MHz GI CP1610, 1.4K RAM
       Cuttlecart installed
       EXEC
       Way too much Shark! Shark!
       Thrift shop purchase
       (The original Tandyvision I had as a kid is around here somewhere too)
    4. bally (aka, foie zgrass, ha ha ha!)
       under the TV cart
       Bally Astrocade, 1.789MHz Zilog Z80, 4K RAM
       Internal OS, BASIC
       Way too much Pinball and Gunfight
       Don't use it on the rug
       Private purchase
    5. iris
       Pedigree Burmese 2005 model year, 2-bit CPU, selective memory
       Internal OS (usually in nanosleep)
       Converts cat food to poop and air to purring sounds
       Christmas gift when she was four months old
       Worst cat ever
       (August 25, 2005 - June 16, 2023. We miss her. She wasn't a good cat, but the
       best ones never are.)

   The Pong Machines (not shown here and not currently hooked up): Atari Ultra Pong
   Doubles, Magnavox Odyssey 3000, Commodore [22]TV Games 2000K and 3000H

   [c.jpg]

Under The Bench

   These systems all share a KVM (except the laptop and KIM-1, of course).
    1. bruce
       Power Mac G5 Quad, 2x2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP (dual-core), 16GB RAM, Nvidia
       Quadro FX4500
       Mac OS X 10.4.11
       Mostly for Mac apps that don't work well under KVM in Linux
       btw, Intel sucks
       Bought new
    2. atomicdog
       15" Titanium PowerBook G4, 867MHz PowerPC G4/7455, 1GB RAM
       Mac OS 9.2.2
       Portable Mac OS 9 workstation [23]as seen on the Leo Laporte Show!
       Private purchase
    3. neil
       [24]Commodore KIM-1 (revision G), 1MHz MOS 6502, 1K RAM, RS-232 card
       KIM monitor [25]as seen on the Leo Laporte Show!
       My Rev A KIM-1 is the oldest item in my collection. This unit was a weekend
       project that we forgot to give back to our high school math teacher. We asked
       some years later, but he never requested we return it, so it's still here.
    4. tim
       [26]Raptor Talos II, 8-core SMT-4 (32 threads) 2.1/3.8GHz Sforza POWER9, 32GB
       RAM, AMD WX7100
       Fedora Linux
       My daily driver and the machine this was typed on
       Bought new (as configured, US$7300)
    5. harlan
       DEC AlphaPC 164LX, 600MHz Alpha 21164, 512MB RAM
       Tru64 5.1B, NetBSD v.mumble, OpenGenera 2.0/Genera 8.5
       General sexiness, occasional Lisp Machine emulation
       Dig the sexy case
       [27]Close-up of the custom case stickers, which I designed off the Alpha logo
       Case bought new; board and CPU were private purchase
       Did I mention sex?
    6. bigred
       Silicon Graphics Fuel, 900MHz MIPS R16000, 4GB RAM
       Irix 6.5.30 with patches
       V12 graphics with DCD, M-Audio sound, SCSI, DAT, DVD-ROM
       High-end Irix workstation, software development
       Private purchase
    7. bryan
       Power Mac G4 MDD, 2x1.8GHz PowerPC G4/7447A, 2GB RAM
       Mac OS 9.2.2 (sees only 1.5GB)
       Classilla development, OS 9 workstation
       Bought new

                                  In The Project Area

                                        [d.jpg]

    1. stacy
       Atari STacy 2, 2MB RAM, defective 20MB Conner drive
       TOS 1.04
       Needs a SCSI2SD, and then I'll figure out something to do with it
       Private purchase
       Now dead because of a power supply accident

    2. tomy
       [28]Tomy Tutor, 10.7MHz TMS 9995, 16K RAM
       Tomy OS
       This isn't my original Tomy Tutor I had as a child (though I do still have
       it); this particular unit is a "beater" I use for experiments. A "beater"
       Pyuuta, the Japanese variant, is in the hard case on the ground.
       Private purchase

    3. lightman
       IMSAI 8080, 2MHz 8080A, 8K RAM
       Being rehabilitated, but does some basic stuff, blinks lights, etc.
       Some additional option boards yet to be installed
       Does not currently speak or play a nice game of chess
       Private purchase

    4. tramielski
       Commodore PET 2001 (blue badge), 1MHz MOS 6502, 8K RAM
       BASIC 2.0
       Memorial to Jack Tramiel
       Private purchase
       Yes, [29]he and his son Leonard autographed the manual

                              The Servers and The Network

                                     [servers.jpg]

    1. thule
       Macintosh IIci, 25MHz Motorola 68030, 128MB RAM
       NetBSD v.mumble
       Internal DNS, DHCP, netboot, powerfail services, AppleShare/AppleTalk
       University surplus
       On top: GSM terminal for SMS commands and alerts

    2. uppsala
       This is the system serving you this page
       IBM p520 Express, POWER6 4.2GHz (dual-core with SMT), 8GB RAM, SAS 15K RAID 5
       AIX 6 TL.mumble
       Web, [30]gopher, E-mail, database
       [31]Bought refurbished because IBM won't deign to make end user sales
       Yes, I've been an AIX sysadmin since 3.2.5

    3. oslo
       Power Mac G4, 450MHz PowerPC G4/7400, 2GB RAM
       Mac OS X 10.4.11
       File server, [32]radio repeater, backup server (connected to FW800 RAID 5)
       and [33]environmental monitor
       Private purchase
         4. Ghetto halon system, security camera, [34]Philips hue lighting base
            station, monitor switchbox, phone autoanswer to GSM terminal and T1
            router (PowerPC-based)
            On middle shelf, around oslo's RAID:
            dmc-12
            TimeMachines TM1000A GPS NTP time server
            SiRF GSC3e/LPx SoC (ARM7TDMI)
            Bought new
            backbay
            Apple Mac mini G4, 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 7447A, 1GB RAM
            NetBSD v.mumble
            Network bridge and management
            Dad wasn't using it, so I gave it something to do
            oulu
            Cobalt RaQ 2, 250MHz MIPS RM5231, 32MB RAM
            NetBSD v.mumble
            NFS server
            Private purchase (replaced RaQ 1 which blew its PSU)
         5. stockholm
            [35]Apple Network Server 500, 200MHz PowerPC 604e, 512MB RAM
            AIX 4.1.5 with patches
            The original www.floodgap.com
            Now emergency backup for uppsala
            University surplus (but barely used when I got it)
            Behind stockholm: external 100Mbps switch, internal secured 100Mbps
            backbone, internal secured 10Mbps backbone (with 10b2 segment and
            LocalTalk segment); DMZ router

    6. homer
       Hewlett-Packard HP 9000/350, 25MHz Motorola 68020/68881, 16MB RAM
       HP-UX 8.0
       More HP-UX therapy
       Gift from a friend
       This is the only room large enough for it

    7. debi/sondrestrom
       Alpha Micro Eagle 300 (AM-3500-E300), 40MHz Motorola 68EC030, 16MB RAM, AM-75
       console
       AMOS 2.3a
       [36]Proudly powering ampm.floodgap.com
       Private purchase

    8. doug
       Alpha Micro Eagle 450 (AM-3500-E450), 33MHz Motorola ColdFire MCF5102, 72MB
       RAM, AM-65 console
       AMOS 2.3a
       Show piece and AMOS development
       Donated gift from a nice person
    Waiting In The Server Room You might be able to see some of these if you look
       carefully.
       carl: Power Mac 7100, G3/400, 136MB, AppleShare file server if thule croaks
       (might be replaced by the Performa 6115CD I just got)
       holmstock: Apple Network Server 700 (hardware double for stockholm)
       elroy: Hewlett-Packard C8000 (9000/785), 1.1GHz PA-8900 (dual-core), 1GB RAM,
       HP/UX 11i
       brinton: [37]Workgroup Server 9150, System 7.6, 80MHz PowerPC 601, 112MB RAM
       jay: Amiga 3000, 25MHz 68030, 2MB chip/8MB fast RAM, AmigaOS 2.0 (with A3070
       tape drive if I ever get around to messing with Amix again)
       godthaab: Macintosh Quadra 605 in LC III case, 25MHz 68040 (full), 36MB RAM,
       NetBSD.mumble (plus an identically configured LC475)
       steve: Macintosh SE/30, System 6.0.8, 8MB RAM
       andy: Macintosh IIsi, System 7.1, 36MB RAM
       Mr. T: Macintosh Plus, System 6.0.8, 4MB RAM
       big box o'[38]Tandy Pocket Computers
       Elektronica MK-85 (looks like a Soviet Tandy PC-4, programs like a PDP-11)
       two Tomy [39]Pyuuta Mk II systems and a number of Tomy Pyuutas
       two [40]Commodore MAX Machines, a VIC-20, [41]B128 (CBM 610), PC 10-III,
       Plus/4 and 16
       spare IBM PCjr in box
       matching IBM HMC for uppsala
       unnamed DEC Professional 380 with Venix/PRO (monitor on homer)
       unnamed Solbourne S4100s in various states of disrepair
       unnamed [42]Alpha Micro 1000 with sidecar AM-1001 external disk
       unnamed Texas Instruments CC-40, with printer, serial and prototype wafertape
       drive
       unnamed Toshiba Libretto 70CT (Pentium MMX 120MHz, Windows 95)
       unnamed Apple Performa 6100CD with Sonnet G3 upgrade
       unnamed Power Macintosh 9600
       unnamed Tandy Color Computer 3, floppy drive, multi-cart expander
       unnamed Atari XEGS, 1050 floppy drive, keyboard, light gun, joysticks
       Timex Sinclair 1000 and 2068
       unnamed Apple III, may or may not work, may or may not have been dropped to
       find out if it works
       various spare workstations and computers
       Elsewhere In The House christopher: strawberry iMac G3 with Sonnet HARMONi
       600MHz card, Mac OS 9.2.2 and OS X Jaguar (in the guest/music room)
       beethoven: Yamaha CX5M with SFG-05 interface (in the guest/music room)
       [chris.jpg]
       dana: AlphaSmart Dana, PalmOS 4.1; note taking, what else? (in the commons)
       luxo: iMac G4, 1GHz 7445 CPU, OS X Tiger; backup workstation (in the commons)
       underdog: 12" iBook G4/1.33, OS X Tiger; DVD player and presentations
       blackbird: [43]Raptor Blackbird, 4-core SMT-4 (16-thread) POWER9, 16GB RAM,
       Fedora Linux; HTPC (in the home theatre)
       macbook: 11" MacBook Air (2014 i7), 8GB RAM, macOS Mojave; daily laptop
       because it's the lightest and longest lasting one I have, not because I
       particularly like it
       spartacus: Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh with G3 L2 upgrade (in my bedroom)
       (beneath it: Apple Interactive Television Box)
       [spartacus.jpg]
       In Storage tma-01: PDP-11/44, in unknown condition, tape drives, RL02 disk
       drive
       [tma01.jpg]
       [44]Drean Commodore 64 and 64C systems
       prototype Shiner HE (Apple Network Server): in bad shape, but neat looking
       several Amiga 500 systems that also multiply furiously
       unnamed Atari Mega ST with hard disk
       two boxed Tandy Color Computer 2 systems
       unnamed DEC DECmate II (PDP-8)
       crapload of dummy terminals, mostly Alpha Micro, DEC and Wyse
       more spare systems than I can possibly enumerate

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