My personal system specifications:

My 'constantly running' system consists of three machines connected by a simple STinG LAN. The specifications of these machines are as follows, given in the order in which I acquired them.

Due to voltage spikes killing some of my monitors, the setup described is not an exact match for what I run right now. Machine 1 is not online, and Machine 2 is using a 17" Apple Multiscan monitor. Hopefully I will be able to fix the larger monitor eventually, and go back to the setup I prefer.

    Machine 1:
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    Machine type:  Mega ST4
    CPU type:      16 MHz 68000 running at 16 or 8 MHz  (switched)
    Coprocessor:   68881 running at 16 MHz in an SFP004 expansion board
    TOS installed: TOS 1.04 (unmodified) + TOS 2.06/WinX2.3g/Shbuf  (Switched)
    CPU speeder:   16 MHz modified Turbo Cache+ (16K cache)
    RAM installed: 4 MB ST-RAM
    Video system:  Standard ST chips + LaceScan emulator with autoswitch
    Normal rez:    400x280 x 16 colours giving 100x35 char positions for text
    Monitor type:  13" NEC/MultiSync 3D
    SCSI I/F:      Modified ACSI-SCSI board from a Mega STe
        driving:   350 MB Hard disk  CDC 94181-15
    STinG LAN use: 31250 bps over Midi port to Falcon (Machine 2)

    Machine 2:
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    Machine type:  Falcon030
    CPU type:      unmarked 68030 running at 16 or 8 MHz (controlled by TOS)
    Coprocessor:   68882 running at 16 MHz
    TOS installed: TOS 4.04 (unmodified) + diverse RAM based TOS variants
    CPU speeder:   Centek's CT2B at 50 MHz
    RAM installed: 14 MB ST-RAM plus 32 MB FastRAM
    Video system:  Standard VIDEL using pixel clocks of 25, 32, and 50 MHz
    Normal rez:    960x720 x 256 colours giving 120x45 char positions for text
    Monitor type:  19" MultiSync  (from a 'Mac' system)
    IDE I/F:       standard Falcon IDE bus
        driving:   1.2 GB IBM-DPRA-21215      as IDE 0 (Master)
           plus:   32xCDROM SAMSUNG SCR-3232E as IDE 1 (Slave)
    SCSI I/F:      standard Falcon SCSI bus
        driving:   1 GB Hard Disk  CONNER CFP1060S
           plus:   52 MB Hard Disk  QUANTUM LP52S
           plus:   ARCHIVE VIPER 150 Tape streamer
           plus:   4xCDROM PIONEER CD-ROM DR-104X
           plus:   1xCDROM Toshiba XM-3201B
    STinG LAN use: 31250 bps over Midi port to Mega ST (Machine 1)
           plus:   76800 bps with RTS/CTS over Modem 2 port to TT (Machine 3)

    Machine 3:
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    Machine type:  TT030
    CPU type:      33 MHz 68030 running at 32MHz (permanently)
    Coprocessor:   68882 running at 16 MHz
    TOS installed: TOS 3.06 (Unmodified) + diverse RAM based TOS variants
    CPU speeder:   none
    RAM installed: 4 MB ST-RAM plus 16 MB TT-RAM
    Video system:  Standard TT chips + LaceScan TT emulator (experimental)
    Normal rez:    640x480 x 16 colours giving 80x30 char positions for text
    Monitor type:  14" VGA  (IBM PS/2 Color display)
    ACSI I/F:      standard TT ACSI bus
        driving:   SLM605 Atari laser printer
    SCSI I/F:      standard TT SCSI bus
        driving:   1 GB Hard Disk  SEAGATE ST31200N
    STinG LAN use: 76800 bps with RTS/CTS over Modem 2 port to F030 (Machine 2)
           plus:   115200 bps + RTS/CTS over Serial 2 port to modem (Internet)
    Modem type:    3COM U.S.Robotics Sportster 56K Voice Faxmodem (V90 and X2)

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