The Aesthete's Hardware page

Hardware

In case you are wondering what equipment I use to assemble and maintain my webpage (among other computing related activities), here's a list of my hardware.

Machines on my LAN:

Dell Inspiron 5000e, 600 MHz Pentium III Notebook with Intel SpeedStep, 14.1" SXGA+ TFT display, 256 MB SDRAM, 30 GB Ultra ATA HDD, 16 MB ATI RAGE Mobility 128 3D Video, 2X AGP, ESS Maestro 2E audio chip, SoundBlaster Pro card, modular 24X CD-ROM, Lucent internal 56K V.90 fax/modem, 3Com 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card, PCMCIA 4-in-1 Memory Card adapter, Adaptec High-speed 2-port USB 2.0 CardBus adapter , modular Iomega 100 MB Zip Drive, dual 9 cell Li-Ion batteries, external Dell Quiet Key keyboard, external Logitech Optical WheelMouse, external IBM Numeric Access keypad, four port USB Pocket Hub, a Dell Inspiron Port Replicator, Altec-Lansing 220 speakers and a Samsung SyncMaster 912N 19" LCD/TFT monitor.

O/S: Microsoft Windows ME

Dell XPS R-450 Pentium II - upgraded to 1.2 GHz Celeron (Tualatin core) processor, 384 MB SDRAM, Dual Maxtor 10GB Diamond Max HDDs, STB n'Vidia TNT AGP 16 MB SDRAM graphics card, Turtle Beach Montego II A3D sound card, Toshiba DVD-ROM, Altec Lansing ACS 495 USB Surround Sound system, US Robotics 56K V.90 voice/fax/modem, 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100 NIC, Seagate TapeStor Travan NS 10/20 GB tape drive, Memorex 52x/32x/52x CD-RW USB, Iomega Zip100 USB, Entrega USB multiport hub, MS Optical IntelliMouse and a 21" Dell D1626HT Sony Trinitron monitor.

O/S: Microsoft Windows XP

Recently retired from service: Gateway 2000 P5-120 Pentium, 40 MB RAM, two Western Digital HDDs (1.5 GB), ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 32 graphics card, Gateway sound card, Mitsumi CD-ROM, Yamaha sound system & sub woofer, Zoom K56flex/V.90 fax/modem, 3Com Fast EtherLink NIC, Colorado 250 tape drive, MS IntelliMouse and a 15" Gateway Crystal Scan 1572DG monitor.

O/S: Microsoft Windows 95

Hub and Uninterruptible Power Supplies & Surge Protection:

NetGear 4 Port DSL Router Gateway

SpeedStream 5100 DSL modem

Belkin 1200VA UPS with Bulldog Power Management shutdown software

APC Back-UPS CS 350

APC SurgeArrest Pro 7T

APC SurgeArrest Notebook Pro 3

Peripherals:

Iomega HDD 80GB External USB 2.0 Hard Disk Drive

Brother HL-1440 monochrome laser printer (1200x600 max dpi)

Canon BJC-610 color bubble jet printer (720x720 max dpi)

Canon Pixma iP 1500 color bubble jet photo printer (4800x1200 max dpi)

Canon BJ-200e monochrome bubble jet printer (600x600 max dpi)

Canon PowerShot SD100 Digital Elph 3.2 mega pixel camera w/64MB SD memory card

Acer Prisa 600p flatbed color scanner

Naturally, all of this equipment is tastefully arranged in an aesthetically pleasing and ergonomically correct manner in my home office. ;-)

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