djc
Why so serious?
If it wasn't for a wife and kids, I'd have all the stuff these other guys have.
Doug Quance
2006 Cave Roast Chairman
djc said:
What are you jawing about!
If memory serves me correctly, you have a fine wife, IMHO.
Toki987
Rock Steady
Track Rat said:
damn, I did a lil' readin' up, you could set the time with the GenX6 and then synch all the traffic lights in town with the I/O's the Motu has.. Now I`m very afraid...
(and I thought I was gettin creative by using two soundblasters)
of course I`m kiddin, but I would like one of those mkII`s when I grow up. They`ll probably be a lot cheaper in about 2 or 3 years.
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ds21
New member
4 at home.
1 in car.
1 PDA.
1 in car.
1 PDA.
fierojoe
Pretzel distributor
1. P4 2.4G (OC@2.7G) - DAW Gaming
2. AMD K6II-500 - Firewall/Samba/Apache server (Linux)
3. PowerMac (Keeps my closet looking full)
4. AMD K6II-450 - Development Computer
5. Toshiba PI-200MHz Craptop
6. 486 DX2/66 - Made it into a robot that keeps my PowerMac company
7. PI 133 - Old Firewall/Dust Collector
8. AMD Athlon 900 - Don't use it... I think the MB is going bad...
I know there's more, but I can't think of them right now.
Yes yes yes, I know, I'm a geek... But at least I'm a geek with stuff! I have a fast car and a garage full of man tools (3 chests full of Craftsman tools, air compressor, cherry picker etc...), does that help?
2. AMD K6II-500 - Firewall/Samba/Apache server (Linux)
3. PowerMac (Keeps my closet looking full)
4. AMD K6II-450 - Development Computer
5. Toshiba PI-200MHz Craptop
6. 486 DX2/66 - Made it into a robot that keeps my PowerMac company
7. PI 133 - Old Firewall/Dust Collector
8. AMD Athlon 900 - Don't use it... I think the MB is going bad...
I know there's more, but I can't think of them right now.
Yes yes yes, I know, I'm a geek... But at least I'm a geek with stuff! I have a fast car and a garage full of man tools (3 chests full of Craftsman tools, air compressor, cherry picker etc...), does that help?
fierojoe
Pretzel distributor
Oh yeah! I forgot a couple!
9. Atari 800XL
10. Commodore Vic 20
11. 486 DX2/50 Laptop
Can't forget those!
9. Atari 800XL
10. Commodore Vic 20
11. 486 DX2/50 Laptop
Can't forget those!
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slimcamp
New member
a pile of think pads from ebay.... 300-600mhz 128 ram
my daw... 1.4 gig 512 ddr
Internet comps: (2) 300mhz 128ram
600mhz 128ram
some cicso servers
COMMADOR 64!
Various 1gig and above server machines
These arent all mine most are just household comps and my dads "toys" ( he designs networks for big corporations, and nucleur power plants..... but he wont buy me a decent notebook)
my daw... 1.4 gig 512 ddr
Internet comps: (2) 300mhz 128ram
600mhz 128ram
some cicso servers
COMMADOR 64!
Various 1gig and above server machines
These arent all mine most are just household comps and my dads "toys" ( he designs networks for big corporations, and nucleur power plants..... but he wont buy me a decent notebook)
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sdelsolray
Active member
Three Macs. All G4s, all purchased in 1999 and 2000. One's had the processor upgraded (for audio). All three just keep running great. No issues. Using current versions of OS and applications.
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Jim Y
New member
Only 2 in use - one in the "studio" and one which is my wifes but I use for internet too. Both are PC. Never owned a Mac though I admire them, they were always overpriced in the UK, but more reasonable just now.
For a long time I only had an Atari STFM for midi until my wife came home with a car full of obsolete pc cases and stuff in her car that her workplace were dumping - mostly 386 and 486. After scoffing that pc's are crap I gave into temptation and made 2 that worked with Win3.1 and one even had a modem but I refused to use the net (no free local calls in the UK and no subscription ISP with bundled calls either back then). I didn't use them for music, but did have many happy hours playing Doom while my wife wasted her time with Solitaire!
Then AOLuk managed to get British Telecom to do bulk local call rates and so internet access was turned on, together with online shopping for computer parts - then the upgrading started.
The machines we now have have little in common with those first 386/486's - Both AMD Athlon XP - I think the floppy drive in the wifes machine is the only original bit. Although I tend to completely refresh my Studio pc drives on major rebuilds, the wifes has been simply upgraded so there are some folders and files on it's current 20GB drive that were on the original that was only 210MB! I believe in fixing problems rather than the reformat/reinstall tactic nowadays and WinXP really is an improvement in this respect.
Bits left over from successive upgrades have been built into machines for family and friends - at least 4 are still in use.
I'm meaning to get a laptop so I can mix when I'm away and also have plans to build a machine purely for softsynths, but other needs keep getting priority.
I keep the Atari in the Studio as well as my Roland VS840 recorder as a threat to the pc to get it's act together - a tactic that has mostly been successful.
Hidding in the cellar, are my first 3 comps.
The first ever was a Science of Cambridge Mk14 which I think was Sir Clive Sinclairs first commercial computer product - before the ZX80. This had an 8 character calculator style display, a hex keypad and a massive 256 BYTES of ram driven by NatSemis first and short lived ScMp cpu. I actually made a sequencer with this with a home made 8bit D/A converter which played my old ARP Axxe synth in time to the step pulses from the first Roland Dr Rhythm drum machine. I had a ball learning to program this entirely in machine code - not so much fun was having to enter the program everytime because it had no storage. So I built a cassette tape interface but I had to load the code for that by hand too!
Then came a Dragon 32. This was a British copy of the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo) with 32K of ram and the wonderful Motorola 6809 cpu. Having mastered 6809 code well enough, I got another machine and built the board and PSU into a 19" rack case and made a card rack in it for its expansion bus. This housed an Eprom blower, 2x8bit A/D/A interfaces and one of those Texas Instruments soundchips used in early video games. Attached to a seperate keyboard case and TV type greenscreen monitor, I was the proud owner of something that looked a bit like a FairlightCMI. Programs were blown into Roms but I still loaded sequences off cassette tape.
Still running the ARP in sync to the Dr Rhythm, I actually gigged with this thing which was christened the FP1 (F*** Pig One) because we expected nothing but trouble - in fact it never let us down!
Not enough time for such DIY exploits now, and everything is relatively so cheap, it isn't really worth it. But many happy hours (between girlfriends)studying data sheets were wasted back then. Now I waste those hours grappling with other peoples designs.
Both our machines pretty much do everything asked of them so no updates currently planned. The one thing I need more of is the time to be creative, but you can't download that.
For a long time I only had an Atari STFM for midi until my wife came home with a car full of obsolete pc cases and stuff in her car that her workplace were dumping - mostly 386 and 486. After scoffing that pc's are crap I gave into temptation and made 2 that worked with Win3.1 and one even had a modem but I refused to use the net (no free local calls in the UK and no subscription ISP with bundled calls either back then). I didn't use them for music, but did have many happy hours playing Doom while my wife wasted her time with Solitaire!
Then AOLuk managed to get British Telecom to do bulk local call rates and so internet access was turned on, together with online shopping for computer parts - then the upgrading started.
The machines we now have have little in common with those first 386/486's - Both AMD Athlon XP - I think the floppy drive in the wifes machine is the only original bit. Although I tend to completely refresh my Studio pc drives on major rebuilds, the wifes has been simply upgraded so there are some folders and files on it's current 20GB drive that were on the original that was only 210MB! I believe in fixing problems rather than the reformat/reinstall tactic nowadays and WinXP really is an improvement in this respect.
Bits left over from successive upgrades have been built into machines for family and friends - at least 4 are still in use.
I'm meaning to get a laptop so I can mix when I'm away and also have plans to build a machine purely for softsynths, but other needs keep getting priority.
I keep the Atari in the Studio as well as my Roland VS840 recorder as a threat to the pc to get it's act together - a tactic that has mostly been successful.
Hidding in the cellar, are my first 3 comps.
The first ever was a Science of Cambridge Mk14 which I think was Sir Clive Sinclairs first commercial computer product - before the ZX80. This had an 8 character calculator style display, a hex keypad and a massive 256 BYTES of ram driven by NatSemis first and short lived ScMp cpu. I actually made a sequencer with this with a home made 8bit D/A converter which played my old ARP Axxe synth in time to the step pulses from the first Roland Dr Rhythm drum machine. I had a ball learning to program this entirely in machine code - not so much fun was having to enter the program everytime because it had no storage. So I built a cassette tape interface but I had to load the code for that by hand too!
Then came a Dragon 32. This was a British copy of the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo) with 32K of ram and the wonderful Motorola 6809 cpu. Having mastered 6809 code well enough, I got another machine and built the board and PSU into a 19" rack case and made a card rack in it for its expansion bus. This housed an Eprom blower, 2x8bit A/D/A interfaces and one of those Texas Instruments soundchips used in early video games. Attached to a seperate keyboard case and TV type greenscreen monitor, I was the proud owner of something that looked a bit like a FairlightCMI. Programs were blown into Roms but I still loaded sequences off cassette tape.
Still running the ARP in sync to the Dr Rhythm, I actually gigged with this thing which was christened the FP1 (F*** Pig One) because we expected nothing but trouble - in fact it never let us down!
Not enough time for such DIY exploits now, and everything is relatively so cheap, it isn't really worth it. But many happy hours (between girlfriends)studying data sheets were wasted back then. Now I waste those hours grappling with other peoples designs.
Both our machines pretty much do everything asked of them so no updates currently planned. The one thing I need more of is the time to be creative, but you can't download that.
fraserhutch
Flypaper for freaks
AMD Athlon 2400++ main music DAW/gaming system
1GB Ram
~200GB storage
Radeon 9800 Pro Video card
dual monitors : Dell & Optiquest
Tutle beach Santa Cruz sound card (gaming)
Ego sys WamiRack 24
AMD Athlon 2400++ development system
PIII 500MHZ Linux oracle server/webserver
PIII 500mhz IpCop router/gateway/firewall
And my wife has a laptop
1GB Ram
~200GB storage
Radeon 9800 Pro Video card
dual monitors : Dell & Optiquest
Tutle beach Santa Cruz sound card (gaming)
Ego sys WamiRack 24
AMD Athlon 2400++ development system
PIII 500MHZ Linux oracle server/webserver
PIII 500mhz IpCop router/gateway/firewall
And my wife has a laptop
Pinachi
New member
2 computers, one for the internet and the other for muzak 
Guess wich one i'm on?dohhh
Guess wich one i'm on?dohhh
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bcains
New member
a) Mac G4 - Audio Related. (Studio)
1 gig of RAM, 80GB + 180GB H/D, OS X 10.3, 2x Monitors
b) iBook G4 - Internet/Word processing. (General use)
512mb of RAM, 80 GB H/D, Superdrive, OS X 10.4
1 gig of RAM, 80GB + 180GB H/D, OS X 10.3, 2x Monitors
b) iBook G4 - Internet/Word processing. (General use)
512mb of RAM, 80 GB H/D, Superdrive, OS X 10.4
dwillis45
Número sesenta nueve
When this post originated, I was using an Osbourne word processor and a dot matrix computer. For any heavy duty stuff, I had to take my punch cards over to the University mainframe.
Today I have two ibooks, two imac G5's, an imac flat panel, and an older G4 450. The software update function on these machines goes off at regular intervals, so I spend most of my time updating software. The remainder of my time is spent troubleshooting or sending one machine or another back to Apple for repair. I used to be a photographer, a graphic artist, and a song writer. Alas, now I am but a humble home systems administrator.
Today I have two ibooks, two imac G5's, an imac flat panel, and an older G4 450. The software update function on these machines goes off at regular intervals, so I spend most of my time updating software. The remainder of my time is spent troubleshooting or sending one machine or another back to Apple for repair. I used to be a photographer, a graphic artist, and a song writer. Alas, now I am but a humble home systems administrator.
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fiber
New member
I have my main PC.
Chenbro PC-610 Mods 1 (www.coolcases.com)
Antec NeoPower 480-Watt Power Supply
Intel BOXD925XECV2LK 925XE Board
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz (Got it for free from my old work, we sold Intel)
Swiftech MCX775-V Heatsink
Panaflo M1A 80mm Fan on the Heatsink
Corsair 1GB DDR2 (2 x 512MB)
Plextor PX-716SA 16x Serial ATA DVD Burner
Seagate 120GB 8MB w/ NCQ 7200RPM Drive
XFX 6600GT 128MB Dual DVI Graphics Card
Lexicon Omega
Dell 1905FP 19" LCD DVI x2
Was using my old Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard & Mouse, but I no longer have them, using a Dell SK-1185 USB Keyboard, and a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical USB (kind of flaky, love it though otherwise) - gonna go mouse shopping later today perhaps.
I have my main server, P3 650, 512MB in a CoolerMaster CMSatcker. Has 9 hard drives in it, 8 of them in a RAID5, 8 200GB 8MB drives, giving me 1.09TB of space. Handy.
Then there is my parents Mac mini. And I have a few spares, but I don't use them for anything other than playing around with. None are being used now.
Chenbro PC-610 Mods 1 (www.coolcases.com)
Antec NeoPower 480-Watt Power Supply
Intel BOXD925XECV2LK 925XE Board
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz (Got it for free from my old work, we sold Intel)
Swiftech MCX775-V Heatsink
Panaflo M1A 80mm Fan on the Heatsink
Corsair 1GB DDR2 (2 x 512MB)
Plextor PX-716SA 16x Serial ATA DVD Burner
Seagate 120GB 8MB w/ NCQ 7200RPM Drive
XFX 6600GT 128MB Dual DVI Graphics Card
Lexicon Omega
Dell 1905FP 19" LCD DVI x2
Was using my old Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard & Mouse, but I no longer have them, using a Dell SK-1185 USB Keyboard, and a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical USB (kind of flaky, love it though otherwise) - gonna go mouse shopping later today perhaps.
I have my main server, P3 650, 512MB in a CoolerMaster CMSatcker. Has 9 hard drives in it, 8 of them in a RAID5, 8 200GB 8MB drives, giving me 1.09TB of space. Handy.
Then there is my parents Mac mini. And I have a few spares, but I don't use them for anything other than playing around with. None are being used now.
thane1200
Medicated Member
I personally have 3, the Mrs. has 1 <----we're geeks.
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gordone
Well-known member
I have my main recording PC (P4, 2.53GHZ, 512MB RAM), my wife has a Dell PIII 450MHZ (which still works pretty good loaded up with Win2K, wouldn't use it for music, but works fine for MS-Office/Web surfing), and we "share" a laptop for checking email and stuff when we're in the family room. She also has a laptop from her teaching job, so a total of FOUR PCs
Alexbt
New member
I have two Macs myself. Everyone in the house has at least one computer, and they're all G3 or better (at last!).
Full list later.
Full list later.
patsplat
Member
Two PC's.One for recording...the other for internet.
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cowboyj
Senior guitar guru
IBM ThinkPad R51 - Main machine
Dell PII 350 - my work from home machine
PowerMac 9600 - Studio - updraded with cd and cdrw, zip usb/fw combo, runs two monitors, soon to have a g4 upgrade courtesy of ebay
Apple Workgroup Server 7250 - web server/ print server
PowerMac 8100/80av - fully maxed out backup audio computer
I'm currently building a P4 machine in a rack-mountable case. This thing is going to be sweeeeeeeeet! So far it has 1.5gb ram, 2x 200gb SATA hard drives are on order, HP lightscribe DVD+/-RW, onboard FW/USB 2.0. Still debating on the sound card options. I can't wait until I can play with this one!
In storage, I have an IBM PC XT from 1982 or so, and Apple IIc+, and an Apple IIgs. I used to have an old SGI machine which died a while back.
Jason
Dell PII 350 - my work from home machine
PowerMac 9600 - Studio - updraded with cd and cdrw, zip usb/fw combo, runs two monitors, soon to have a g4 upgrade courtesy of ebay
Apple Workgroup Server 7250 - web server/ print server
PowerMac 8100/80av - fully maxed out backup audio computer
I'm currently building a P4 machine in a rack-mountable case. This thing is going to be sweeeeeeeeet!
So far it has 1.5gb ram, 2x 200gb SATA hard drives are on order, HP lightscribe DVD+/-RW, onboard FW/USB 2.0. Still debating on the sound card options. I can't wait until I can play with this one! In storage, I have an IBM PC XT from 1982 or so, and Apple IIc+, and an Apple IIgs. I used to have an old SGI machine which died a while back.
Jason
thane1200
Medicated Member
thane1200 said:
[EDIT] The Mrs. got another one.....we're up to 5 now!