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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