Configuration for my current Workstation:
Machine details:
Intel board (Dell OEM),
CPU: Intel Pentium E2160 (Dual-Core),
CPU Speed: 1.80 GHz; Board Speed: 800 MHz,
Chipset: ICH9 + Intel G33,
DRAM: 4.0 GB, 800 MHz DDR2 (4x1.0 GB DIMMs),
Controllers: SATA (4 controllers) - RAID Level 1,
On-Board Audio, video, MODEM, NIC, Drive Controllers,
Fixed Disks: 2x 320 GB SATA Hard Drives - RAID 1 connected,
Removable Media: 1x CD-RW / DVD-RW +/- (SATA),
Expansion Bus: PCI (2.3, Express 1.0A); SATA 1.0 & 2.0; USB 2.0,
Display: 19.0" LCD Flat Panel.
"Pizza box" Desktop case; Dell Inspiron.
USB connected Mouse + Keyboard (cordless logitech mouse, receiver on USB).
Operating System + Applications (major / primary usage):
O.S.: Win XP Pro, SP 3.xxx,
Apps:
* AutoCAD R. 2005,
* MS Office 2007 (Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher & Word... need to get Access ASAP!),
* Adobe Acrobat Std. version 9.0xxx,
* Paint Shop Pro ,ver. 7.0xxx,
* Circuit Maker ver. 5.0xxx (PSPICE app),
* Bassbox Pro + Xover 3.0 (Audio Design app),
* Mozilla Browser (Firefox 3.5.2),
* Thunderbird E-mail client (ver. 2.0.0.16),
* Roxio CD/DVD utility (plan to upgrade ASAP).
LAN:
Printing (TCP/IP connected Peripherals):
* HP6P Laser Printer,
* HP 720C Color Printer,
* HP 450C Wide Format Color Printer (max. ARCH D size media).
Additional W/S:
* My Wife's local machine (base is the same Dell as mine, apps different),
* Server machine (File / Server),
* Aux. W/S # 1 - located in same room as the above machines -used for backup, or visitors,
* Aux. W/S # 2 - located in the House.
Gateway: 2-Wire ADSL / Ethernet 100mbps, Wifi capable (Wifi disabled).
Ethernet: All equipment "Wired" per EIA/TIA 568B scheme (used 568B because that was commonly specified at the time I was doing Data work!).
Speed: based at 100mbps,
Ethernet Switch: 100/1000mbps, 8 ports (only... need to cascade an additional switch soon!).
My Wife's Machine came with Vista Home version, which was "Downgraded" to XP Pro by us.
She could not do anything productive with Vista; either could not install an application, or could not run an installed application.
I will keep the list to the current setups, so the length of this reply is small.
A brief description of past configurations:
1st and 2nd Machines: TRS-80; Models 1 & 2 -O.S. = TRSDOS ,
Following Machines:
* 8088 Based Machine - MS DOS (ver. 3.3?), or PC DOS, ver. ? (old IBM OS, pre OS2/WARP),
* 80286 machine, w/ MS DOS 4.0,
* 80386sx 16MHz machine, w/ MS DOS 5.0 (later upgraded to MS DOS 6.22) + Windows 3.0 (quickly upgraded to Windows 3.1, then later to 3.11 WFW),
* 80486dx 66MHz machine w/ MS DOS 6.22 & MS Windows 3.11 WFW,
* P5 166MHz machine w/ Win 95 (all service packs for W95),
* PII 266MHz (3 of these!), w/ Win 95 SER 2.5, later Win 98 SER 2.0),
* One PIII Pizza Box, w/ 1st release of XP,
* Two Dell Pizza Boxes w/ P4 CPUs, O.S. = XP Pro.
* Countless Machines dealt with during work! ranging from 8088s to P4s; O.S. include MS DOS, PC DOS (never dealt with DR DOS), OS2/WARP + "Merlin", Win 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, NT 3.5, 4.0, & 2000, XP - Pro.
Dealt with IBM System 4700 a lot, prior to the Y2K Upgrade Compliance (Banking Industry).
This was a Terminal-Based System (Controllers driving "Dumb Terminals" at Teller Stations).
Those were the days! I sure learned a lot about Machines between 1988 and 1995!
The 80486dx machine I had was an IBM tower case PC (System 70?), with MCA (Micro Channel Architecture).
For those whom do not know about MCA, this was the first "Plug & Play" type expansion bus architecture -of course, developed by IBM.
Scott
