Funny things happen when you are searching the Internet… You find funny things – and old things. I found this at the Internet Achive Wayback Machine; an old web page describing my computing environment. Back in the days when you did that 🙂
Dig those huge 9 GB SCSI drives!
| HELIOS – Mike’s System |
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- Gigabyte Technology GA-6VXDC7 Dual Socket 370 Processor Motherboard
- 2 x Intel Pentium !!! 866MHz
- 1 x 512MB PC133 DIMM
- Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Adaptor
- Quantum Atlas V 7200RPM 9GB WLS UltraSCSI 3 Disk
- Compaq BD009735C6 10,000RPM 9GB UltraSCSI 3 Disk
- Iomega Jaz 1GB removable SCSI Disk
- Pioneer DVD-114 IDE DVD-ROM
- LG CED-8080B IDE CD-RW
- D-Link DFE-530TX 10/100 Mbit/s PCI Network Adaptor
- Asus GeForce2 MX-200 32MB AGP Video Card
- Running Windows XP Professional, Red Hat Linux 7.3, Red Hat Linux 8, Novell NetWare 5.1 (multi-boot system)
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| APOLLO – RealProducer |
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- Asus P2B Slot 1 Processor Motherboard
- Intel Pentium II 550MHz
- 3 x 128MB PC100 DIMMs
- Adaptec AHA-2940UA SCSI Adaptor
- Seagate ST34371W SUN4.2G 7200RPM 4.2GB SCSI Disk (O/S)
- Seagate ST36531A 5400RPM 6.0GB IDE Disk (“tape-to-disk”)
- LG CRD-8522B 52X IDE CD-ROM
- 3Com EtherLink 3C905B-TX 10/100 Mbit/s PCI Network Adaptor
- Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead 16MB AGP Video Card
- Running Windows XP Professional
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| VENUS – Paula’s System |
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- A/Open AX6LC Slot 1 Processor Motherboard
- Intel Pentium II 266MHz
- 3 x 128MB PC100 DIMMs
- Maxtor 2R015H1 5400RPM 15GB IDE Disk
- A/Open 48X IDE CD-ROM
- LG CED-8120B IDE CD-RW
- D-Link DFE-530TX 10/100 Mbit/s PCI Network Adaptor
- Matrox Millennium G200 16MB AGP Video Card
- Running Windows 2000 Professional
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| MARS – Active Directory Domain Controller |
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- Soyo SY-7VBA Socket 370 Processor Motherboard
- Intel Celeron 766MHz
- 1 x 128MB & 1 x 64MB PC100 DIMMs
- Adaptec AHA-2940AU SCSI Adaptor (Disks and 4mm DAT)
- Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Adaptor (8mm Exabyte)
- Seagate ST39140N 7200RPM 9.1GB SCSI Disk
- Seagate ST39173N 7200RPM 9.1GB SCSI Disk
- Exabyte EXB-8505 4/8GB 8mm SCSI Tape Drive
- WangDAT 3400DX 4mm 2/4GB SCSI Tape Drive
- A/Open 48X IDE CD-ROM
- 3Com EtherLink 3C905B-TX 10/100 Mbit/s PCI Network Adaptor
- ATI mach64 2MB PCI Video Card
- Running Windows 2000 Server
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| CEREBUS – Firewall |
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- A/Open AP53 Motherboard
- Intel Pentium 166MHz
- 2 x 32MB & 2 x 16MB SIMMs
- Quantum LPS340A 170MB IDE Disk
- TW 240D 24X IDE CD-ROM
- 3Com EtherLink 10/100 Mbit/s PCI Network Adaptor
- SMC EtherEZ 10 Mbit/s PCI Network Adaptor
- ATI mach32 4MB PCI Video Card
- Running SmoothWall GPL
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| NEPTUNE – Web, Mail and RealMedia Server |
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- HP NetServer LD Pro
- 1 x Intel Pentium Pro 180 MHz
- 1 x 32MB & 1 x 64MB ECC DIMMs
- Adaptec AIC-7880 on-board SCSI Adaptor
- 1 x Fujitsu M2949S 7200RPM 9.1GB Fixed SCSI Disk
- 2 x HP 9.10GB A 80-3807 7200RPM 9.1GB Removable SCSI Disks
- Toshiba XM-5701TA 24X SCSI CD-ROM
- Intel 82557 10/100 Mbit/s on-board Network Adaptor
- Trident 9000i 2MB on-board Video Card
- Running Red Hat Linux 7.0
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About Mike Pelley
Let’s see… A little about me…
I’ve been around information technology since 1983 with computers such as DEC Rainbows (weird machine – the standard DOS couldn’t format its own floppy disks – remember them? – and I had to format them on a friend’s IBM PC) to Radio Shack TRS-80 to Apple ][e and Apple //c in the beginning.
I have programmed in 8-bit assembly language on 6502, FORTRAN and COBOL on IBM System/370 (and I still hate JCL), VAX BASIC and COBOL (and a weird and massive WordPerfect 4.0 macro) on DEC VMS (Alpha), C/C++ on Digital Unix (ALPHA), and C/C++, Perl (it may be powerful but I still hate it), PHP on Linux (Red Hat, Centos, Ubuntu, etc.).
I have work with databases such as Digital RDB (later to become Oracle RDB), Oracle DBMS, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL on VAX, Alpha, Sun and Intel.
Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. See http://lnkd.in/nhTRZe
I still think that Digital created some of the best ideas in the world: VAX clustering, DSSI disks (forerunner to SCSI) and the Alpha processor (first commercial 64-bit processor – Red Hat screamed on an Alpha!). DEC just could not seem to be able to give air conditioners away to someone lost in the Sahara Desert!
VMware is one of the best ways to get the most out of an x64 server. And I have tried Oracle VM, Virtual Box and Microsoft Virtual Server.
Outside of that I am a huge military history buff starting in the early 20th century. I love Ford Mustangs (my ’87 Mustang GT was awesome) and if I had the money I would have a Porsche 928S4. If I had a lot of money I would have a Porsche 911 Turbo.
I also play too much AmrA 3 Exile mod. Over 5,000+ hours...
I have a wonderful son, Cameron. I have a long suffering (Do you really need all that computer junk?) wife, Paula. I live in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador.
