Gramarye II

After three years, I decided it was time to update the core processor of my home computer, Gramarye,¹ and that forced an upgrade of just about everything else. Here are the updated specs for the new, improved Gramarye Mk. II:

Hardware

CPU	Intel Pentium III 500MHz
RAM	256MB ECC PC100 memory
Motherboard	ASUS P3B-F
Case	ProCase PC-768A Full Tower w/ 6 5" & 3+1 3" bays
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Silencer 275W ATX
Disks	IBM DTTA-371440 DeskStar 14GB 7200 rpm IDE IBM DPTA-372050 DeskStar 20GB 7200 rpm IDE IBM DTTA-307030 DeskStar 30GB 7200 rpm IDE
SCSI Controller	Adaptec 2940U PCI
CD/DVD	ASUS DVD-ROM E608
CD-RW	Yamaha CDR-4416 SCSI
Archive	Iomega Zip SCSI insider
Backup	HP SureStore 5000i DDS-DC DAT tape drive
Floppy	Teac 3.5" 1.44M
Video Card	Matrox G400 MAX 32MB PCI
Monitor	Viewsonic PT775 17"
Sound Card	Creative Labs SB-AWE32
Wavetable DB	Yamaha Waveforce DB50XG
Speakers	Yamaha YST-M15 powered speakers
Subwoofer	Yamaha YST-MSW10 powered subwoofer
Headphones	Sony MDR-65 lightweight headphones
Keyboard	NMB Spacesaver 104-key keyboard
Mouse	Logitech Mouseman Combo II, Serial/PS2 3-button mouse
Modem	US Robotics Courier V.Everything modem
Ethernet	3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL
Printer	HP DeskJet 952C

OS/Software

Windows 98SE for games, and FreeBSD 4.X-STABLE for "real".

[1]: Gramarye: from Christopher Stasheff's Warlock series. I like to name my computers after fictional/mythical places. Other machines have been Amber, Tartarus, Annwn, and Nehwon.

http://www.speakeasy.org/~gramarye/Gramarye
WRS 2000/11/30