history
An attempt at an exhaustive list of hardware I bought and/or used as personal computers. Does not count the hundreds of machines I have setup and maintained as part of my work, at Koumbit.org and elsewhere.
See also my software history.
Key highlights:
- oldest running machine: marcos (2011)
- newest: ursula (2019)
- first machine used: Vic-20, in the 1980s
- number of workstations/servers built/managed at home: at least 5
- number of routers/wifi hotspots: at least 5
- number of laptops: 14
- most common architecture: Intel (32 or 64 bits)
Here's the detailed history:
- 1980s: Vic-20
- 1984+: Mac Plus
- 1998-2005: Pentium 1 clone: 32MB ram, 1GB disk (and a bunch more)
- 1998-2000: used Indigo workstations at university
- ?-2005: Thinkpad 380z (Pentium II 300Mhz + 96Mo de RAM et 3Go disk
- ~2005?: Toshiba Satellite 4090xDVD
- 2005 linux counter entry:
- lenny: AMD Duron 1GHz 200GB disk, 512MB ram, workstation (Debian sid)
- tangerine: Pentium III 700MHz 30GB disk, 256MB ram, laptop (Debian etch)
- marvin: Pentium II 233MHz 34GB disk, 65MB ram, server, merged with lenny to yield marcos in 2009 (2011?) (Debian 3.1)
- 2006: Thinkpad T22, cause of death: stolen?
- 2006: MobilePro780 (PDA / NetBSD experiment)
- 2006-2007?: Toshiba Satellite A30, cause of death: slowness
- ?-2007: squatting hugo's machines: 20070906065732.GK4796@mumia.anarcat.ath.cx
- 2007-2011: Thinkpad X31 2008 - lenny in 2010?
- 2008: still on X31: 20080520194824.GB22856@mumia.anarcat.ath.cx
- 2008: laptop pété: 20080129214948.GA12870@anarcat.ath.cx
- 2009: mumia? 20080520194824.GB22856@mumia.anarcat.ath.cx
- 2009: feu laptop: 20091026192858.GH8286@anarcat.ath.cx
- 2008/2009?-2011: Asus Aspire One D250 (Atom N270 1.6GHz, 1GB ram, 160GB disque), cause of death: suspected compromise by RCMP (install notes)
- 2010 linux counter entry:
- lenny: AMD Athlon 1.1GHz 200GB disk, 1GB ram, workstation (debian lenny)
- mumia: Pentium M 1GHz 40GB disk, 1GB ram, laptop (Debian lenny)
- 2010: HP Mini 10 (many problems)
- 2011-2020: custom server (marcos), merge of marvin and lenny, backups of marvin archived in two disks (~120GB)
- 2012-2017: mesh experiments with plastik, roadkiller
- 2011-2018: thinkpad-x120e (angela, 600$, 4GB RAM (2x2GB), AMD E-350, battery changed in 2015, debian wheezy, jessie, then stretch. cause of death: screen cracked)
- 2016-...: octavia (Turris Omnia router, roadkiller replacement)
- 2017-2023: Intel NUC desktop (curie, 750$, 16GB, Intel i3-6100U 2.3Ghz 4 threads, M.2 500GB disk, installation report, debian stretch)
- 2017?-2018: mafalda (Raspbery Pi, print server moved to plastik)
- (2012-2017) 2018-2020?: plastik (wifi router and print server in the office)
- 2018: Thinkpad x201 (temporary angela, 0$ from micah, i5 m520, 8GB RAM (2x4GB), physically worn out: keys falling off, disk slot broken, drive taken from old angela the x120e, running stretch, 128GB Crucial M4 SSD)
- 2018-2023: Thinkad x220 (new angela, 150$ refurb from Encan Depot, 8GB ram, running stretch, 512GB SSD)
- 2019-...: Vero 4k+ (ursula, home cinema service replacing a part of marcos, which is moved to the basement)
- 2020-...: marcos hardware replacement, OS installed in 2010
- 2020-2022: TP-Link AC1750 router (emma), wireless bridge
- 2023-...: Framework 12 laptop (new angela)
- 2023-...: Ubiquiti Unifi AP 6 lite wifi bridge (svetlana)
- 2024-...: Protectli router (margaret), Omnia router (octavia) downgraded to wifi bridge
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