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My computers

Spire, a Techies PII PC running Windows 2000, has effectively become my main machine now. Originally intended to be for software and HTML/CSS testing, I have found that I can now run software not available in Mac OS 9 such as Winamp and Pidgin. This means that I no longer use Firetrack as much as I used to.

Firetrack, a Motorola StarMax 4000/200 Macintosh clone. Firetrack runs Mac OS 9.1 and remains my Web and software development and graphic design computer.

Brunnhild, a Summer 2000 Apple iMac DV SE given to me by Matthew Brackley; it runs Mac OS X Tiger. One day I may upgrade it to a level I can use as a development machine, or I may simply replace it.

Deathwish, a Uniwill N340S8 Pentium III 850 notebook, running Windows XP Professional. Presently my fastest computer.

Wormstation, a Packard Bell Executive 115S 486 PC. This is my DOS gaming machine but is presently not plugged in due to a lack of power sockets. If it is lucky it might get online one day: I do have a spare 3Com ISA NIC.

Acorn BBC Microcomputer, model B, issue 4; 2 MHz 6502 CPU, 32 kB RAM. My even older gaming machine; this machine does not get as much use as it deserves. This machine is the same model (issue 4 model B) as the very first computer I ever owned, but without a toasted video chip.

Psion Revo Plus palmtop, running the EPOC microkernel operating system on a 36 MHz ARM 710T CPU.

In addition, I have two Macintosh LCs, a Macintosh Classic (which I have had online via a Dayna SCSI Ethernet adapter, running its own Web server) a Macintosh LCIII and an Issue 7 (I think) BBC Micro. I also have a PowerBook 150 with a fried display that is not really mine, and a Macintosh IIvx that an aunt is borrowing. I have a one-fifth share of my sister’s PowerBook 160 Snailey.