My Computers
My Home Office

My computers work on the "Hand-Me-Down" principal. I generally put all my best upgrades into Moonshine. Then the left overs work their way down the PC ladder. I've been doing this method for awhile now. I find that it works very well.

Shared Hardware via Belkin KVM

As you can see in the picture above, I keep all four computers hooked up to the same keyboard, video and mouse using a Belkin KVM. This allows me to switch back and forth from Linux and Windows with no rebooting. Best of all, I can easily pause my game on Moonshine to catch an instant message or email on Garfield.

Moonshine - Game Monster

ver 4.0
Computer numero uno is my gaming box. This is where I hang when I fell like dishing out some punishment on the net via Battlefield 2, or just playing a calm quiet game of World of Warcraft.
Version 3.0 - p4/3.2 GHz. [upgraded 2005/09/29]
Version 2.0 - p4/2.4 GHz.
Version 1.5 - p3/800 MHz.
Version 1.0 - p3/450 MHz.

My Computers

Garfield - Swiss Army Knife

ver 3.0
This is my "everything else" computer. I do my code, my web browsing, my email, my tinkering all here. This baby is built like a Tank. It's up 24x7x365 and does not complain because it runs Linux. I use Gnome as my prefered desktop. With my last generation video card, it still plays a mean game of Quake III Area. Don't mess with this fat kitty.
Version 2.0 - p4/2.4 GHz. [upgraded 2005/09/29]
Version 1.0 - p3/800 MHz.

Sonic - How may I serve you?

ver 3.0
Sonic is my server workhorse. I keep it running 24x7. It runs Debian GNU/Linux configured for web, email, and file serving. Karen has a Mac Mini upstairs. Occasionally we need to share a file, this is where Sonic comes in. It hosts this website and my games database, dracowulf.com.
Version 2.0 - Pentium III 450. [upgraded 2006/06/12]
Version 1.0 - Pentium Pro 200.

Clank - "This thing still works?!"

ver: 000 destruct 0
Old school games be my thang! Emulators are great and all, but nothing beats playing Under a Killing Moon or Wing Commander: Prophecy on this baby. Windows 98se is installed, with options to boot to MS-DOS. This system is a reincarnation of Moonshine Zero.
Version 0.02 - Micronics Pentium 200 MMX. [upgraded 2006/06/13]
Version 0.01 - Gateway 2000 Pentium 120. [upgraded 2005/02/15]

Splortch - Mac Attack.

ver 3.0
Yes, my notebook is a Mac. Surprised? Well you shouldn't be. Underneath all that Mac OS X GUI goodness is a Unix based operating system. It gives me all the command line power I enjoy in Linux with all the eye candy and easy to use.. uhh.. usefulness of Mac OS. What is not to like? My one complaint is the 3D video is underpowered. But I can at least play World of Warcraft on the road at minimum detail.
Version 2.0 - Toshiba Satellite 1.6 GHz P4
Version 1.0 - Toshiba Tecra 800MHz P3.

Puter Archive

Here are the specs of puters from long, long time ago. Maintained for historical accuracy.