My computers

This is an overview over all the computers I own - I am not sure who could be interested in such a thing, but anyway...

Risc PC

My main computer, where all the work is done. The Gateway for the Internet. Both harddiscs and CD-ROMs get shared via Acorn Access+ to the other RISC OS computers and via Samba for the PC.

As you might have guessed from the amount of CD writers, it is also my main development machine for CDBurn.

• Acorn Risc PC 700, 2 slices, 4 slot backplane
• Iiyama VisionMaster 17 (MF8617, 17", 24-86 kHz)
• StrongARM 202 MHz (Rev.K)
• PC card DX4/100 (Gemini-2)
• RISC OS 4.00, ARMLinux, NetBSD/ARM
• The Serial Port Dual Serial Card
• i-cubed EtherLan 602 (10Base2+T)
• Castle Technology STORM DMA32 SCSI
• Simtec 16bit E-IDE
• 64 MB RAM
• 2 MB VRAM
• 16.8 GB IDE (IBM DTTA-31680)
• 4.5 GB SCSI (Seagate Medalist)
• 2.1 GB SCSI (IBM DORS-352100) FAT32
• Syquest SQ3270S (270 MB SCSI removable)
• 32x SCSI CD-ROM (Plextor PX-32T)
• 32x ATAPI CD-ROM Philips
• 6x/32x SCSI DVD-ROM Pioneer DVD-303S
• 2x/--/ 4x CD-R Philips CDD2000
• 4x/2x/ 6x CD-RW Yamaha CRW4260T
• 4x/--/12x SCSI CD-R Teac CDR55S
• 6x/--/24x CD-R Teac CDR56S
• 8x/--/20x CD-R Plextor PX-R820T
• Epson EPL4300 laser printer (300 dpi, 4.5 MB RAM)
• Umax Astra 1220S SCSI Scanner
• ZyXEL Omni TA128 ISDN terminal adaptor
• USR Sportster Voice 33.6k modem

Intel PC

Mainly used for networking experiments, but also for some things where software is missing on RISC OS and the PC card is too slow. Harddiscs are shared via Windows 95 or Samba under Linux.

• Asus P2B-S (Adaptec U2W-SCSI on board)
• Iiyama VisionMaster 17 (MF8617, 17", 24-86 kHz)
• Intel Pentium II-350
• Windows 95 (OSR2.5), Linux (SuSE 6.0, Kernel 2.2)
• Diamond Viper 550 (nVidia Riva TNT)
• Soundblaster 16 ISA
• 3Com 3C905B TX (PCI 100bTX0 FastEthernet)
• 128 MB RAM
• 10 GB IDE (IBM)
• 4.5 GB UW-SCSI (IBM)
• 10x/40x ATAPI DVD-ROM Pioneer DVD-A04S
• 2x/2x/24x ATAPI CD-RW Philips CDD3810

Second Risc PC

Used as a testing platform for compatibility tests between various writer, SCSI podule and OS combinations.

• Acorn Risc PC 600, 1 slice, 2 slot backplane
• NEC MultiSync 3D (14", 15-38 kHz)
• ARM710 40 MHz
• PC-Karte DX4/100 (Gemini-2)
• RISC OS 3.70
• Minnie 16bit Soundcard
• i-cubed EtherLan 512+
• Power-tec Fast-SCSI2 DMA (Rev. 1.01, 16bit)
• Power-tec Ultra-SCSI3 DMA (Rev. 2.01, 32bit)
• VTi 16bit SCSI
• ACE SCSI-Connect 32bit DMA
• 24 MB RAM
• 1 MB VRAM
• 3.8 GB IDE (Quantum Fireball TM3800)
• 36x IDE CD-ROM

A3000

My first Archimedes. A classical "keyboard computer", now housed in a big tower. Used as a test platform for the oldest CDBurn-supported operating system version and the slowest possible Acorn hardware.

• Acorn A3000
• NEC MultiSync 3D (14", 15-38 kHz)
• ARM2 8 MHz (upclockable to 12 MHz)
• RISC OS 3.10
• HCCS 8bit SCSI (mini podule)
• 4 MB RAM
• 730 MB SCSI (Quantum Lightning LT730S)
• 105 Mb SCSI (Quantum Prodrive LP105S)
• 4.4x CD-ROM SCSI (Toshiba XM-3601S)
• VIDC-Enhancer
• LogikJoy

Amstrad CPC

One of the most successful 8bit computers, made by Amstrad, sold by Schneider in Germany. This classic piece of hardware introduced me to the wonderful world of computers and programming.

• CPC 464, GT65 12" green screen (alternatively NEC Multisync 3D)
• DDI-1 3"-Floppy
• Stardrive 5.25"-Floppy (DD with head switch)
• 512 KB Vortex SP512 RAM expansion
• 512 KB Dobbertin RAM expansion (dk'tronics compatible)

Sony PlayStation

My "entertainment machine". Especially the rich selection of very good racing games and the idiot proof usage are the plus points - my Intel PC is surely much better suited for playing games hardware-wise, but I just refuse to hunt through the 'net for updates, patches, drivers etc...entertainment means relaxing, and the "throw CD in, press button and play" concept is unrivalled for that. And we await PSX 2 - bigger, better, faster, more ;-)

This is a list of the games I own - you might notice a slight bias towards racing games...