My Computers

A journey though generations of my computer hardware.

Desktop Hardware

PC hardware that can be found residing on my desk.

I've been custom building my own PC rigs since 1994. This page tracks the evolution of my various systems.

My Home Office

Pick a Year:

  • 2024-NOW - Ver 8.2
  • 2023-2024 - Ver 8.0
  • 2022-2023 - Ver 7.2
  • 2020-2022 - Ver 7.0
  • 2019-2020 - Ver 6.1
  • 2017-2019 - Ver 6.0
  • 2015-2017 - Ver 5.0
  • 2011-2015 - Ver 4.0
  • 2008-2011 - Ver 3.5
  • 2006-2008 - Ver 3.0
  • 2003-2006 - Ver 2.0
  • 2000-2003 - Ver 1.0

PC Hardware

Each of the following machines was custom built and configured by me.


Moonshine - Game Monster

My primary PC gaming and VR rig.


Sonic - How may I serve you?

Sonic is my NAS (network attached storage) workhorse. It's main purpose file (SMB) and media serving (Plex). It also hosts this website from a Debian QEMU VM. It is powered by the fantasic UnRaid OS (Linux Based).


RacerX - Simulation Rig

I built this dream project to have a sit down force feedback racing simuator seat. More than just a computer, this is a full racing experience.


This little white box of awesome is built to run classic console emulators using RetroArch and play retro style games on Steam. This lives in the retro corner arcade of my basement.


Computing needs, on the go. These are usually provided by my job, but worth mentioning anyway.


Clank - "Does this thing still work?"

Old school games be my thang! I build this to play old DOS and Win9X games. This system is sort of a reincarnation of Moonshine Zero. Instead of using an old (and prone to failure) mechanical hard disk drive, Clank now uses a Compact Flash to IDE adapter. The shelf life for CF cards is much higher as long as writes are limited. This system is fan-less for the ultimate in silence.

Note that Clank has been retired. This machine still exists, but it is no longer connected and has been placed into storage. These days I can recreate most of what I used to do on it via emulation in DOSBox-X and 86box.


Puter Archive

Here are the specs of puters from long, long time ago. Maintained for historical accuracy.

 

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