My interest in computers started back in 1988 I think, when I was at school and used to spend my lunch hours in the computer room. I remember we had RM Nimbus's and I could do very little with them. In 1989 I bought my first computer an Amstrad 1640, it was a 286 with 640K Ram and a EGA screen. Later I got a 10Mb harddisk for it. But still I could do nothing much with it.
In 1994 I bought an Olivetti PCS 11, it had a 386 with 4Mb Ram and 20Mb harddisk with VGA graphics. Now I was learning something, I was learning Windows 3.1.
Now in 2004 I have lots of computers and I can safely say I know what I am doing. Below are pictures of my work area from 1990 and 2004, you can see how busy it is now. I have also detailed my computers and other gadgets.
1990
2004
My current UK setup
Server Winows 2003 Server
AMD Athlon 1.4Ghz
640Mb Ram
HD1 80Gb
CD-R W
DDS3 Tape Backup
Desktop 2 BeOS R5 Pro
P166 MMX
64Mb Ram
HD1 4Gb
Desktop 1 Windows XP PRO SP1
AMD XP 1800+
1Gb Ram
HD1 80Gb
HD2 100Gb
DVD/CD-RW
Sony Laptop
PCG-SRX 77
XP Home
PIII 800Mhz
25 6Mb Ram
20Gb HD
Wi-Fi (built in)
External DVD
IBM Laptop
iSeries 1200
XP Pro SP1
Celeron 6 00M hz
192Mb Ram
10Gb HD
Wi-Fi PC Card
DVD
Pocket PC
HP iPAQ 2215
400MHz XScale Processor
64MB SDRAM (56MB Main Memory), 32MB ROM
Secure Digital (I/O) and Compact Flash
900 mAh Replacable Lithium Ion - Up to 12 hours
Integrated Bluetooth
Socket Wi-FI CF
256 SD and 512 CF Memory
Mini Keyboard, Folding keyboard, spare battery
Cellphone
Ericsson T68i Bluetooth and GPRS for connecting HP2215 to internet for remote email, web and accessing home network via VNC.
Details to follow about USA computer and the expantion of UK network with the inclusion of a Sun Ultra 5 machine.
Items not listed include Intel Wireless Access Point and Netgear router and switch.
