Being a record of computers I have owned.
| Name | Specs | Operating System(s) | Status | Used For |
| engelbert | Archimedes A420/1 – (?)Mhz ARM2 processor, 2Mb RAM, 20Mb hard disk | Risc OS 3.1 | Trashed (sorry) | Was our ‘family computer’ from about 1991 to 1995, then I had it at university for a while. Got it out to play with a few times in the 2000’s, but the hard disk died and was not really replaceable |
| eeyore | 486DX2 66Mhz, 16Mb RAM, 540Mb hard disk | Was Windows 3.11, then Smoothwall 0.99 | Trashed | Rescued from my parents, used as my firewall for a while. Then ‘retired’ since it started making too much noise and I replaced it with a small router box. |
| ethelred | Pentium II 233MHz, 384Mb RAM, 41Gb hard disk (after some later in life upgrades) | Windows 95, then 98, then Mandrake Linux | Trashed | Was my main machine from 1998 – 2001, then used for playing with server stuff. Set it up as an MP3 jukebox connected to the stereo, but it made too much noise so I stopped using it. |
| evian | Motherboard = Gigabyte 7DX, Processor = Athlon Thunderbird 1.4 GHz, Memory = 512Mb RAM, Hard disk = 40Gb, Graphics = ‘Generic’ GeForce 4?? something 64Mb | Windows XP Home | Handed down to my mum, and then my brother | My main workstation 2001 – 2007, and the first machine I built from parts. Passed on to my family when I left the UK. |
| ephrael | Pentium II 266MHz, 160Mb RAM, 8Gb hard disk | Mandrake Linux 9.0 | Trashed | An old laptop rescued from the office. Was acting as webcam server on the windowsill, when it got rained on, and didn’t work after that. |
| elysian | Pentium II 266MHz, 160Mb RAM, 8Gb hard disk | Debian 3.x | In my parents attic | Another old laptop rescued from the office. Was running as my home server, since it’s quiet, but now in storage since I moved. Yes it’s strange using a laptop as a server, but this one has a dud battery so it’s not much use as a laptop. |
| erebus | Linksys WRT54GL | tomato 1.22 | home router | Yes, it’s a router, but it has a web interface and a name so it counts. |
| ermintrude | MacBook | Mac OS X 10.4 | My wife’s computer | It’s my wife’s main computer. |
| enchant | Core 2 Duo, 4Gb RAM, 160Gb disk, (2 × 500Gb disks for backup) integrated graphics | Ubuntu 9.10 ‘Karmic’ | My main workstation | I built this after moving to the US, when I worked from home and needed something decent for development. |
| elizabeth | iMac G3, 256Mb RAM | Debian 5.0 ‘Lenny’ | The spare computer (and basement music player) | This is my wife’s old computer. Its hard disk died but I replaced it with one I brought from Evian. Have installed Debian on it to use as a spare machine. |
| eisenhorn | D-Link DNS-323, 2 × 1Tb disks | default firmware plus ‘fonz fun plug’ | Home server | This little box acts as our home file, print and iTunes server. It runs Linux and I’ve extended its default functionality with NFS, rsync and ssh services. |
| entz | Asus O!Play HDP-R1 | default firmware | video player | Another little embedded Linux box – hooked up to the TV for watching video off the network. |
