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 Post subject: Re:Test Beds
PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:29 am 
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Notebook Acer TravelMate 4672 WLMi
CPU: CoreDuo T2300 (2x 1.66 GHz, IA32 - no 64bit here!)
Chipset: Intel ICH7
HD: 120GB SATA
Opt: DVD+RW dual-layer
Bus: PCI Express
Gfx: ATI Radeon X1400 & Intel i945 (integrated)
Res: 1280x800 (16:10)
FS: FAT32 / NTFS / ReiserFS / Linux swap (WinXP Pro / Gentoo dual-boot)
Eth: Broadcom NetXtremeII GBit Ethernet
WLAN: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Other: Bluetooth / USB 2 / IEEE1394 ExpressCard34 / PCCard type 2
FDD: No floppy!

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 Post subject: Re:Test Beds
PostPosted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:15 am 
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I've just ordered a new computer (well, loads of parts actually, but it boils down to the same) specifically for both watching tv, movies, sound and testing OSes. Most of the hardware was picked because it's very common or because driver documentation is available (can be requested).

Intel Pentium D 805, 64-bit support with NX/XD bit and it is a dualcore, so you can test multiprocessor stuff.
250GB harddisk that you can use a section of, I would prefer if you first test your drivers aim. Serial-ATA II connected with native command queueing. Samsung spinpoint 250gb to be exact
A dvd burner you can use, got 5 rw's that can be used for any purpose (asus 16x burner, nothing special)
A TV card based on the conexant 2388 chipset, not for OS development but to replace my tv.
ATI Radeon X1300 PCI-E videocard with DVI and VGA outputs, got a DVI LCD standing ready with a res of 1280*1024 for testing (output selection) and a bunch of VGA CRT monitors, one of which equally good. LCD can also be used on VGA port.
1GB DDR2 memory in 2 bars
a black box (literally)
Mainboard has a i945PL chipset with onboard Intel HD audio / AC97 audio, with Logitech 5.1 set attached for sound. Is quite well documented. Onboard ethernet from the 945pl as well, probably Intel EtherExpress, but I don't know the type or so yet.
RTL8169 gigabit ethernet card added to it, 32-bit pci connected. Can be used for anything, have a matching RTL8169 in my current box (1.2ghz duron) and a cross-Cat6 ethernet cable for speed testing (so you know that any packet loss is software based).

I'm trying to find cf to IDE adapters and a few CF cards, so you might be able to get a read/writable CF card instead of a harddisk for testing. Saves on seek times, costs performance.

For my own testing, I'm looking for machines with 64-bit support.


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 Post subject: Re:Test Beds
PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:39 pm 
My gear:

Desktop (BLACKBOX) [ Award BIOS ]
- AMD Athlon 64 3.2Ghz.
- 768MiB DDR400 RAM.
- 140GiB HDD.
- Realtek 8139 NIC
- Geforce 6800 128MiB.

Laptop (BABYBOX) [ Phoenix BIOS ]
- AMD Athlon XP 2.0Ghz
- 256MiB DDR RAM
- 30GiB HDD
- National Semiconductor DPL8xxx NIC
- ATI Radeon IGP 320M

IBM Desktop (BLUEBOX) [ IBM BIOS ]
- Intel Pentium Pro! 200Mhz
- 64MiB SDRAM
- 10GiB HDD
- PCI National Semiconductor DPL8xxx NIC
- Cirrus Logic G Series Videocard
- PCI Alliance ProMotion AT25/AT3D Videocard.

HP Desktop (LONER) [ Phoenix BIOS ]
- 1.2Ghz Pentium 3
- Other specs unknown since its my sisters computer,
that I occasionally secretly test things on. :P

Toshiba T2100 Laptop (GeriatricJoe) [ Toshiba BIOS ]
- 66Mhz 486? Probably Intel.
- 8MiB of RAM, I think? Maybe 16. Used to run OS2
- 50MiB of HDD.
- No CDROM, Just a floppy.
(And Parrelel / Serial ports :))

:) Thats my line up, so... if anyone wants me to test something on them, just send em a PM :)

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 Post subject: Re:Test Beds
PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:06 am 
Finally restored the HD (open it up, spin with fingers, remove grease from platter, put screws back in, pray...) in my Toshiba T1200, and also got my hands on an Amstrad PPC512.

So, ehm, specs are:

Toshiba T1200
80c86 @ 9.something MHz
1 MB RAM
20 MB HD (but leave it alone with your OS, I don't want to loose DOS 3.2)
1x 3.5" 720 KB Floppy drive
Yr: 1987, I think. Left in picture.

Amstrad PPC512
8088 @ 4.77 MHz (yes, that's the 8-bit-bus thing)
512 KB RAM
No HD
2x 3.5" 720 KB Floppy drive
Yr: 1988. Right in picture.

They're both pretty decently (well... sortof) documented online, so if anyone's writing a Real Mode OS and wants me to test it out, send a PM. :)

I also got an IBM Thinkpad 340 (That's an 486SLC processor) here, but it has some issues. I'll give a shout when it's fully functional.


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:25 pm 
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I have 2 computers available if anyone needs me to test an OS or software.

Custom Desktop PC:
    Abit KN8 SLI Motherboard (nForce 4)
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.0GHz Dual-Core, 64-bit support)
    1GB Corsair XMS (DDR400)
    250GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 (SATA 2.0Gb/s)
    nVidia GeForce 6600le
    Onboard LAN
    52x/24x/52x Sony CD-R/W
    3.5" Floppy Drive
    Samsung 205BW LCD Monitor (DVI or RGB, 1680x1050 Native Resolution)
    Dell CRT Monitor (1600x1200 Max Resolution)
    USB 2.0
    Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Build 5600, Ubuntu Dapper 6.06, Windows Server 2003 R2
Toshiba Laptop:
    Toshiba 1415-S115
    30GB Hard Drive
    3.5" Floppy Drive
    1.8GHz Intel Celeron
    512MB RAM
    64MB Onboard Video
    USB 1.1
    Matsushita DVD and CD-R/W
    3 different revisions of Linksys WPC54G PC Cards, 1 Netgear Wireless-G PC Card
Peripherals Available For Testing:
    Logitech Marble Mouse USB
    Logitech Cordless Desktop (USB, Keyboard & Mouse)
    Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth
    Microsoft Wireless Transceiver for Bluetooth (USB)
    Various Speakers & Microphones
    USB X10 Wireless Transceiver CM19a (And Lamp Modules)
    HP OfficeJet v40 Printer/Scanner (Parallel or USB)
    HP OfficeJet 6210 All-In-One (USB)


I also have all kinds of odd hardware if you need me to test something on any of it. Linksys Routers, PIC Microcontrollers, Cisco Routers, Calculators, etc. Just PM me if you want details on them.


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:09 pm 
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Location: USA (and Australia)
Toshiba Tecra M7 Tablet PC:
* 2GHz Intel Core Duo Processor T2400 (1.83GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB)
* 2GB DDR2
* 1440x900 screen.. Also 900x1440 (in Portrait)
* 256MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M (with S-Video and secondary VGA out)
* Intel PRO/Wireless 3945A/B/G
* Wacom Intuos3 digitizer

I'm not sure about the SD-Reader, LAN, Modem, or audio chipsets though.

Desktop:
* AMD Phenom II x6
* NVidia Geforce GTX 470
* NVidia 3D Vision
* ViewSonic V3D254 Monitor (1920x1080 @ 120hz)
* 8 GB DDR3
* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro (PCI Express)
* Logitech G15 keyboard
* Some mouse (forgot the brand name) - it has an inbuilt LCD screen.


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:34 am 
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Krogoth:
  • AMD Athlon64 CPU (2200+, IIRC)
  • ECS KN-1 Extreme motherboard
  • 14-GB ATA-66 hard disk on any requested IDE channel (No useful data whatsoever on it, so feel free to trash it in a test)
  • 6 unused SATA slots (unused only when testing OS)
  • 1.5GB of PC-3200 RAM
  • MSI NX6600GT graphics card
  • USB keyboard/Mouse (HP-5185 wireless)
  • Emprex 16x DVD-RW drive
  • HP-9100 CD-RW drive
  • Airlink wireless card (uses acx111 Linux driver)
-V- Devices on motherboard -V-
  • Realtek 1GBit NIC (will update later this week when I have console access again...)
  • Some kind of 100MBit NIC
  • 6 USB 2.0 slots
  • 2 IEEE-1394 slots

<edit>I just got two new Sun Ultra10's: 640 MB memory, 300MHz processor (will upgrade to 450MHz if any are still avaliable), and 4Gb of disk each</edit>

Note... I will update this when I have console access again... currently, this box is at my parents house, and I live ~30 miles away, at a college dorm room.

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Peewee:
IBM Thinkpad X60s
1GB ram
lspci -n :
    00:00.0 0600: 8086:27a0 (rev 03)
    00:02.0 0300: 8086:27a2 (rev 03)
    00:02.1 0380: 8086:27a6 (rev 03)
    00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 02)
    00:1c.0 0604: 8086:27d0 (rev 02)
    00:1c.1 0604: 8086:27d2 (rev 02)
    00:1c.2 0604: 8086:27d4 (rev 02)
    00:1c.3 0604: 8086:27d6 (rev 02)
    00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:27c8 (rev 02)
    00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:27c9 (rev 02)
    00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:27ca (rev 02)
    00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:27cb (rev 02)
    00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:27cc (rev 02)
    00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev e2)
    00:1f.0 0601: 8086:27b9 (rev 02)
    00:1f.1 0101: 8086:27df (rev 02)
    00:1f.2 0106: 8086:27c5 (rev 02)
    00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:27da (rev 02)
    02:00.0 0200: 8086:109a
    03:00.0 0280: 8086:4227 (rev 02)
    15:00.0 0607: 1180:0476 (rev b4)
    15:00.1 0c00: 1180:0552 (rev 09)
    15:00.2 0805: 1180:0822 (rev 18 )


Note, except for krogoth, none of these machines will have a hard disk connected when I run a test... On krogoth, however, you can do whatever you want with the disk; I have it set aside for OS testing. Plus, it's dog slow, so it's useless for real work

Also, Krogoth can have a serial terminal attached, if desired. In addition, I have a parallel port zip drive avaliable (old-style ppa access)... tell me if you want that one connected.

Finally, I have an... erm... extensive collection of ancient hardware (I believe that I have a few AT keyboards lying around, even.)

Finally, both Krogoth and Peewee can be netbooted, if you'd like to test that.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:17 pm 
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I feel powerless after viewing all your specs!!

My PC specs:

Intel Celeron 2.4 Ghz
512MB ddr-400 ram
GeForce Fx5200 AGP 4x
1x 80GB disk, 1x 120GB disk - 120GB for OS testing once past initial test phase
10/100 LAN connection
CD-RW, DVD-RW (LS-120), floppy

I also have an old 90Mhz Pentium 1 computer with 64 meg of RAM from way back when :D. It sort of works, whether it woud run my OS is a different matter.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:06 pm 
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Location: New Hampshire, US
Here is my current configuration.

Desktop

Home/Custom Built
Intel Pentium D 930 (3.0GHz)
2x 512MB DDR2 667 Dual Channel
ECS 945G-M3 Motherboard
nVidia GeForce 6500 w/ 256MB VRAM

Primary HD: 320GB SATA II with: Ubuntu 6.06.1, Gentoo 2006.1, NetBSD 3.1, and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Secondary HD: 80GB SATA II with: nothing on it yet, still deciding what I should install.

Laptop

PowerBook G4 (TI)
PowerPC G4 (1.0GHz)
2x 256Mb DDR
nVidia GeFore Go5200 w/ 32MB VRAM

Primary HD: 80GB IDE with: Ubuntu 6.10


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:19 pm 
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Location: Poland - Gdansk
This are my Machines:

MAIN PC:

PROC: Pentium 4 3Ghz HT, 800FSB
RAM: 512MB 400Mhz DDR
HDD: 320GB Western Digital SATA150
DRIVES: LG DVDRW, LG CDRW, Floppy
GRAPHICS: GF 6600GT 256MB GDDR3 DUAL DVI TV
MOTHERB.: FOXCONN (but i can't find the name now :P)
WinXP

SECOND PC:

PROC: Pentium 3 650MHz
RAM: 128MB 100Mhz
HDD: 20GB Segate
DRIVES: DVD-ROM Pionieer, FDD
GRAPHICS: MAtrox Mystique MGA 220 (4MB)
MOTHERB.: ECS (mega **** ! ;/)
Win98se

LAPTOP 1:
(IBM Think Pad , I-Series)

PROC: Pentium Mobile 300Mhz MMX (something like P2)
RAM: 64MB
HDD: 4GB
DRIVES: CDROM, FDD
GRAPHICS: Neo Magic 128 2MB
MOTHERB.: ---
Win2000

LAPTOP 2:
(i don't know if it still works)

PROC: 486 DX 40MHz
RAM: 8MB
HDD: 500MB
DRIVES: FDD
GRAPHICS: VGA
MOTHERB.: ---
DOS/Win3.11

LAPTOP 3:
(still works on external screen)

PROC: 386sx 16Mhz
RAM: 8mb
HDD: 250mb (?)
DRIVES: FDD
GRAPHICS: VGA (?)
MOTHERB.: ---

MY FIRST PC:
(my main testing machine :D)

PROC: Intel 386 DX 25MHz
RAM: 1MB (4x256KB)
HDD: 40MB (60MB after compression)
DRIVES: FDD 3,4", FDD 5,25"
GRAPHICS: Cirrus Logic 54xx 1MB SVGA
MOTHERB.: (don't remember)

OTHER PC'S:

2x AMD 486 dx 40-80Mhz (weird motherbords) CDROM's / FDD 5.25"
1x P1 120Mhz MMX (32MB RAM, 1.2GB+400MB HDD's, CDROM) 2proc mobo
2x Intel 486 dx 33Mhx finland mobo with mouse and keyb PS2 slots

And some parts like P 2 350MHz MMX and 333Mhz MMX processors,
graphic cards from 256KB VGA up to 256MB GF6600GT. Several HDD's
(caviars etc.).

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:24 am 
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Well, this is my artillery :)

Development PC:
CPU Pentium 4 1.8 GHz Northwood
MSI 845E Max, HT support, onboard AC97 audio
256 MB of system RAM, pagefile ~800 MB
Microcom 56K InPorte Home and Microcom Deskporte ADSL AD 2622 Annex A & Annex B modems
Pioneer DVD-ROM, Teac DVD-RW
3,5" FDD, for 1.44 MB diskettes
Hard disk WD, capacity 60 GB
HP Deskjet 3550 printer
CanoScan LiDE 25 scanner
Belinea 17" LCD monitor
Geforce4 MX440 64 MB VRAM
Windows XP SP2 with Slovak language pack
Genius Netscroll Optical ps/2 mouse
Chicony keyboard

Test PC No. 1 (damaged, for now, and forever)
HP Vectra VE 5/120 series 3 desktop
Intel Pentium 1, around 90 MHz
SiS chipset
Hard disk ~720 MB capacity
24 MB system RAM
1 MB of video RAM
3Com EtherLink network card
FDD 3,5"
Windows 95A Czech version
shared keyboard and mouse from the development PC

Test PC No. 2 (for now, temporary)
DTK Computer (?) miditower
Intel Pentium, 120 MHz
40 MB of system RAM
Unknown chipset
Hard disk with 1 GB capacity
Sound Blaster 16
AIMS AudioTrack FM radio card
FDD 3,5"
Standard keyboard with 101 keys (DIN-5), standard serial mouse
Acer (?) CD-ROM drive
Windows 98 with Slovak langauge pack

inflater

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:17 am 
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Well, diggin' up an old tread, but it's sticky so why not? ;D

Dev-PC (aka. wojkstajson)
HP Netserver E60 mainboard
Dual PIII 500MHz
640MB SD-RAM @ 100MHz
2*80GB HDD
SB 64 GOLD
Noname usb 2.0 card, VIA chipset
nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4200
Floppy drive (causes this machine to become a temporary testbed, by accident)
DVD reader
CD Burner (8/8/32)

LABB1 (aka. Seith)
Dell mainboard
PII 300MHz
128MB SD-RAM
6GB HDD
Cirrus Logic 5446
Creative SB 16
CDROM Drive

LABB2 (aka. Gray power)
Fujitsu mainboard
PIII 550MHz
192MB SD-RAM
No HDD
GeForce 2 MX200
CD-Burner (52/52/32)
Floppy

LABB4 (aka. Linn)
AST Bravo 4/33s
Notebook
i486SX 33MHz
8MB EDO-RAM
200MB HDD
Built-in pointing device
Floppy

LABB5 (aka. Zent)
Zenith Z-note MX
PI 75MHz
32MB EDO-RAM
Floppy
No HDD (Blew up a while ago)

That's about it, LABB3 was lost during a massive hardware faliure when my cat tipped it over the edge of the table... Feels good to brag about my "computing power" xD


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Location: Unknown. Momentum is pretty certain, however.
My PC:
Intel Core 2 Duo, 1.86 Ghz.
2 GB Ram, NVIDIA something card, with GPU, I know that and 256 MB memory.

Thats all I have memorized and the specs are deep inside my room and I can't find them.

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Location: USA,Hawaii,Honolulu(Seriously)
Test Machine:
200Mz Pentium
6GB HD
1.44MB 3.5in floppy
cd-rom

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 Post subject: 6 testbed x86 boxen available here
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Well, I have a few Intel x86 machines that may be of testbed interest to some - 6 to be precise. Despite the specs you see below, all (yes, all) the machines contain floppy drives. :D
All the machines in question run Linux (Arch Linux specifically), so if you wish I can post output such as /proc/cpuinfo, and/or you can to ssh to them and check them out yourself. If you wish, I can also peer into the machine itself and get part numbers of devices and such.

The first 3 of the PCs below are "always" connected to the 'Net (the 4th port on this house's router/modem is taken via another PC not in this list) but they can be disconnected and other PCs connected if desired. The connection itself is a 10MBps down / 1MBps up link with a 12GB monthly cap, so while I have a nice connection, I like to stay under the cap as much as possible, so "en masse" downloading is, while a one-off option once a month, not something I'll do frequently (if you know what I mean - specifically relating to downloading large OS/testcase codebases, if your OS is eg 80-100MB I'll be less likely to want to download 3 complete recompliations... if any OS here is 100MB that is). Said cap will be being upgraded to 25GB soon so this will become less of a problem.


My "main" PC:

2.66GHz P4, 512MB RAM, 64MB onboard Intel video, USB 2.0, etc. Has an 80GB HD with unallocated space that could be used for a primary partition and unallocated space that could be used for 1 or more extended partitions and both of these (relatively sizable) chunks of space add up to, as far as cfdisk is concerned, 28418.35MB of unused space. If you're pretty sure your disk driver(s) won't suddenly say "ooh, other partitions!" *chomp chomp* you can write to this area. This PC also has a Sony branded 24x/10x/40x (whatever that means) CD-RW in it, and onboard networking and sound, and I route audio output through the PC below.


My "music" PC:

450MHz P3 with 320MB RAM, has 2 USB 1.1 slots on the back and a SB16 in it. Has 1 32GB disk (40GB with 32GB limiter switch, I set Linux up on it before I realised Linux implements its own disk driver out of the BIOS) and 1 40GB disk in it (the same as the 1st, just without the limiter switch set) however at the time of writing, this PC is on the floor to my left and despite being switched on and all it only has 1 of the 2 disks in it. I am yet to backup+wipe the 2nd, it may be available for use when this is done. This PC has a CD-ROM drive in it also, and onboard video and networking. Sound is provided by a SB16 (hence the name "music PC" - I listen to music via the SB16) and headphones are plugged in. Feel free to write SB16 test code and I can listen to and/or record the results. NOTE: As well as onboard video, this PC additionally has a PCI video card with I think 4MB RAM on it.


My server:

500MHz P3 with, like my music machine, 320MB of RAM. It has a 250GB disk in it with 1GB of unallocated space which could be used for a primary partition. If you're VERY VERY sure your disk driver will be nice to the rest of the disk, you can write to this space, but if you're only 99% sure perhaps removing any/all code that writes to the disk from the codebase would be a good idea as I intend to sort out a few years of work onto this disk and do not yet have a second disk to mirror all files/work/etc onto, so losing the contents of this disk would be, well, not *exactly* very good. :P This machine has NO USB in it if you're wondering, and onboard networking. Additionally, this machine has a 2-bus SCSI channel and I have an old ~9GB SCSI disk that has a copy of Win2K, and I can backup+wipe this disk if you wish to test any SCSI code with it. I can remove the 250GB (IDE) disk from it if you feel your code may see the IDE disk and do anything out-of-the-ordinary to it. By the way... Yes, I do have a Win2K license, so if I *had* to reinstall Winfailure on the SCSI disk or elsewhere, I could. Second-last, this PC has a 5.25" disk drive I put in for the lulz - as far as I can tell, the system is not even aware that it is present, despite making a right old clunk at bootup. *I have no 5.25" test disks and all disks that I have put in the drive have not come out readable.* Finally, this machine has a very interesting feature: I discovered in the BIOS one day that it could send all output/input to the serial port. Yes, that's right! One of these days I'll snag myself a serial interface cable and hook that port up to my main PC and forward it to the internet. Who knows, with a serial cable + SCSI "test" stuff, you could remotely debug/test SCSI code on this machine... xD


My "old PC":

This is a rather oldish PC with interesting specs. It has a 400MHz Celeron in it (yes, eww you might say, but it works, and that's all I really care about). Despite the nice processor speed, I only have 32MB RAM spare. I've been considering stealing some of my music box's RAM... anyway, I know that the motherboard is from 1998 or so, and it has 2 USB blocks on the board but I have no connectors for them. I have an old 6GB disk and a 4GB disk and I plan to wipe these and put them in this machine, and once wiped both disks will be available for use, unless I set a "real" OS (ie the OS I plan to use on the machine on a daily basis) up on it. This PC has some kind of (ISA) 1MB video card from 1992 and a Realtek 8029 (I think, that figure looks right) network card - the kind that is so old, it has both BNC and Ethernet connectors on it. This box lastly has some form of PCI sound, and NO CD-ROM DRIVE.


Thinkpad 380XD laptop:

This box has a 133MHz Pentium behind it and I think 8, 16 or 32MB RAM. It also has (thanks to me) had a few changes - they don't add to it, but (unfortunately for me) rather take away from it. A while ago I wanted to see how this machine worked so decided to remove the casing. It does still work, but I accidentally ripped the (highly proprietary) HD cable and I don't dare try to plug the HD back in, so this machine is more or less a (fixed-) diskless unit. The 380XD design thankfully calls for a floppy disk and CD-ROM drive, although the CD-ROM drive is... well... iffy/picky about the kind of CDs I put in it - for starters, I *have* to use CD-Rs, not CD-RWs, which is a pain, and additionally, I've noticed it will sometimes not actually read the CD-Rs I put in at all. So this would be a floppy-disk-only machine. Lastly, the 380XD DOES NOT have onboard networking, and despite the fact that the particular machine I was given (I was given most of my PCs - all except the music PC actually) had a PCMCIA network card in it with a proprietary adapter I wasn't given the cable for, so networking with this machine is unfortunately not a possibility, however I may be able to get a cable for the adaptor someday, and even possibly a replacement HDD cable!


Thinkpad T22 laptop:

This machine has a supposedly 900MHz CPU but it clocks in at around 650MHz, and it has 256MB RAM. It's in more or less "usable" condition, however the display backlight is pretty much b0rked and will only stay on for 1 second or so, so I need to plug it into an external video source for it to work. That aside, the disk is also somewhat "iffy" and on its way out, so while available as a test machine, you'd be better with using the floppy disk drives I have with this machine (I have both the external and slot-in FDD models for this unit) or the CD/DVD-ROM drive (but I have no DVD burner, so that would be more a CD unit). The drive in this machine will read CD-RWs, and the unit also has Ethernet and sound.



I also have an ISA modem, a PCI modem, and get this - an 8-bit ISA *radio* card from 1992 or so. Provided you don't blow it up (as I really treasure it as an antique) you can poke at this thing. It's in the music PC :D

Well, that's about it from here. Hopefully this is in some way helpful! :D :D

-dav7


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