Yeah I was going to say stick Linux on it and call it a server :) Timothy Heald Information Systems Specialist Overseas Security Advisory Council U.S. Department of State 571.345.2235
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:00 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Michael's Machine (Lots of extra parts) Dumpster?!? I converted my old Celly450 to a home file server. It's not like it needs a fast cpu for that. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:53 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Michael's Machine (Lots of extra parts) > > > Everything I've got is actually in a working system (at least > it WAS working last I used it) that is missing a power supply. > > The case is steel, but is also a "multimedia" case featuring > front panel pass-throughs for audio, USB and Firewire. That, > along with the SB LiveDrive, makes for a LOT of front facing > connections. ;^) > > The rest of the system is: > > +) A Soyo motherboard. > +) A 333 MHz Celeron (tested happily at 400Mhz with stock cooling) > +) Some memory... three (pretty old) chips, I think totally > 128 Meg but > perhaps less. > +) A black Sony CDRW (16x10x40) > +) A 75 Gig IBM Deskstar 7200RPM hard drive (wiped clean) > +) An OrangeMicro Ethernet/Firewire PCI combo card > +) A (really old and never actually used) Adaptec Fast SCSI PCI card > +) SoundBlaster Live with the LiveDrive (5 1/4" front panel) and IR > +remote. > +) A Matrox g450 DualHead AGP video card. > > The system is "together" (all parts are mounted) but cables > aren't connected (I have them... but I didn't put them in > since I took out my good rounded cables for another box. ;^) > ). It has at least one fan (a PCI slot > blower) installed and several others in the "parts box". > > I've also got an extra (two actually) Logitech Wireless > keyboard/mice kits. > > Have done a full "closet of crap" inventory I've also got: > > +) A Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI card. > +) A SanDisk USB Compact Flash reader. > +) Two Matrox ATA 133 Upgrade cards. > +) A two-bay, 3 1/2" external FireWire hard drive enclosure (works a > +treat > but since that 75 Gig drive has gone to better pastures I've > got nothing to fill it with). > +) A Celeron 333 CPU with Slot One adapter. > +) A LinkSys 5 port Ethernet Hub (missing the AC adapter.. > but that may > +turn > up). > +) Two Virgin "WebPlayers". These are Linux-on-a-chip-based mini > +systems > that can be upgraded to Windows with a laptop hard drive and > some basic tools. > (http://www.larwe.com/technical/webplayer_main.html) I've > already done one but I got three in the lot. (And I'm > looking for a cheap mini=pci 802.11b card if anybody knows of one!) > > If my mental constructing is correct then, with all this, you > should/might have enough to build two boxes for Mike. If > he's stuck on a tiny laptop then this boy needs a development > server/backup machine. ;^) > > Lacking that need perhaps other folks in the community may > have a need for some of this stuff? I'm willing to mail this > stuff to people willing to give it a good home (US only, > sorry... okay, maybe Canada). > > Lacking that it's all heading to Goodwill which almost > certainly means a dumpster. > > Jim Davis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:56 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Michael's Machine > > > > Alright everyone - > > > > This week, I've been managing the upgrade of our ArcIMS > servers from > > v3 to 4, and it hasn't been pretty. My time has been eaten > up by shape > > files, XML that lost it's well formedness, and technical support > > people who are baffled by the problems we have been having. > > > > Now that I am waiting for ESRI to call back, I have a > little time to > > work on our important project, which I have certainly not forgotten > > about: Michael's Machine. > > > > Here is the plan for how to approach this. Today will be > the final day > > for the list of components. I am sending on the final > version of the > > list as it stood last Friday - I know several people have sent in > > modifications, please send them again if you can (there > have been so > > many emails, I am not sure if I can sort through them all). Please > > take a look at it and check for anything with your name > next to it. If > > there are additional details, additions or subtractions to be made, > > please let me know about them today. Also, if anyone wants to add > > anything to their list, please do do! Additional parts are sure to > > help out. If you are reading this email on Monday, just email me > > directly at this address and I will see what we can do. > > > > What I will do is ask everyone to ship the parts directly to me at > > home. I will contact individuals with my home address, > along with the > > items they have committed to sending. I will assemble the > machine as > > parts roll in, and we will have this thing taken care of ASAP. > > > > Here is the list, please review it for accuracy and contact > this list > > with anything anyone has to add. Good job you guys! This effort is > > really coming together! > > > > M > > > > The List > > ---------------------------------------------- > > Motherboard: > > 1) Bill's AMD 2500+ mainboard > > > > Chip: > > 1) Bill's Athlon MP 1700+ > > > > Storage: > > 1) Jim's 75 GB Hard Drive > > 2) Ben's HDs of unspecified capacity > > 3) MikeH's 10 GB Hard Drive > > > > Network: > > 1) Jim's Ethernet / Firewire card > > 2) Ben's NIC cards > > 3) Mike H's NIC cards > > > > Graphics Cards: > > 1) Tim's geForce2 440MX > > 2) Matt Small's dual head Matrox video card > > 3) MikeH's GeForce3 (if necessary) > > > > Audio: > > 1) Jim's SBLive > > 2) Ben's unspecified sound card > > > > Cases: > > 1) Doug's Case > > 2) Bill's Acer 'ghetto' style neon case > > 3) MikeH's Gateway case (probably not compatible) > > > > Removable Media: > > 1) Doug's CDRom > > 2) Ben's DVD-ROM > > 3) MikeH's CDROM > > 4) Doug's Floppy Drive > > > > Other / Not Sure: > > 1) Dana's modem > > 2) Tim's KVM Switch (in case miked wants to hook up > multiple machines) > > > > Things we must get: > > 1) RAM - Bill, what kind to we need? > > 2) Cables - I probably have these > > 3) Power supply - MikeH will donate this if no one else > does. Need at > > least 300 watt. > > > > Things NTH: > > 1) Keyboard > > 2) Mouse > > 3) Monitor > > 4) Brand new aluminum case > > 5) Stickers to go on the side > > > > Shipping and Handling > > 1) Ben Braver has made a generous (but unspecified) offer > > 2) MikeH will cough up $10 in loose change > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
