My Computers

A Short List of Computers

Keith (Jordan) - DIY Antec

                Phenom 9550, Asus M3N78-VM motherboard (socket AM2/AM2+), 8GB RAM,  WD Black 750GB, WD Green 1TB, HD5770-1024, Win 10 HP 64bit

Allyson (Jordan) - Toshiba L775D-S7108 17” laptop

                A6-3420M, 8GB RAM, Hitachi 500GB, 6420G, Win 10 HP 64bit

Troy (Jordan) - Gateway CX2610 Tablet PC

                Pentium-M 1733, 2GB RAM, 80GB HD, 945 video, XP Tablet PC 32bit

Jennifer (Jordan) - Gateway CX210X Tablet PC

                Core Duo T2300, 4GB RAM, WD Scorpio 250GB, 945 video, Win7 Enterprise 32bit

Blair (Jordan) - DIY Antec

                Celeron 1037U, Biostar NM70I - 1037U motherboard, 8GB RAM, WD Blue 1TB, eVGA GT430-1024, Win 10 HP 64bit

The above computers are part of what I call "The Family."  They are named after my first RPG characters. I had laptops named after Keith's father (Howard) and Allyson's mother (Cecelia), those laptops were given to a couple who did missionary work in Thailand.

Agent870 - Dell Studio XPS 8100

                Core i7-870, 16GB RAM, WD Black 1TB, Seagate 4TB, Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB, Win 10 HP 64bit

Named after Ralph Bond, who worked for Intel. When he appeared on the Computer America Show, I called him "Agent 00 - Core - i7," in homage to James Bond.

Memory Gamma - Gateway dx4870-UB2B

                Core i3-3240, 8GB, 2x Seagate 500GB, HD7570-1024, Win8.1 Home 64bit

Named in the style of Star Trek data repositories, such as Memory Alpha.

Memory Iota - HP p7-1534
AMD A8-5500 3.2ghz quad core, 8GB of RAM, 1TB and 500GB hard drives, HD7560D video, Windows 10 Home 64bit 

StarStation8400 - Dell Dimension 8400

                Pentium4 540 3200 HT, 2GB RAM, Seagate 160GB, Radeon X300-128,

                Win XP Home 32bit

For old games that don't run on Windows 7.

Ursa Major - Acer Aspire E1-532P-4819 15.6” laptop

                Pentium 3556U, 8GB RAM, Intel 80GB SSD / Seagate 500GB HD, Intel HD Graphics, Win 8.1 Home 64bit

Named after the constellation.

TheDoctor - Apple Power Mac

                Dual G5 2.0, 4GB RAM, Maxtor 160GB HD, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro-64, OSX 10.5.8

Named after Doctor Who.

               

Zen - Dell Inspiron 531

                Athlon Neo MV-26 2650LE, 4GB RAM, 80GB / 160GB HD, GT220-512 video, Win 7 HP 64bit

Named after the main computer of Liberator from Blake's Seven.

Elvira (Mistress of the DOS) - DIY

                K6-3/400@450mhz, Epox MVP-3G5 super socket 7 motherboard, 384MB RAM, GF2 GTS, 2x 20GB HD, Win 98SE

Named after Elvira, mistress of the dark, Cassandra Petersen)

Maxx - DIY – workbench computer for diagnosing HDs

                Athlon64 3400+, PCChips socket 754 motherboard, 2GB RAM, GF4 MX graphics,.30GB HD, XP Home

CarlSagan – Dell Latitude laptop

                 Core i5-540M, 6GB RAM, 500GB HD, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

AlbertE – Fujistu LifeBook 17”

                 Core 2 Duo T4200 2.0ghz, 4GB RAM, 2x 250GB HDs, ATI Radeon Mobility HD2600 video, Windows 10 Home 64 bit

Gaming Computers

Agent970 - DIY, CoolerMaster Cyberpower case

                 AMD Phenom II X4 970 3.5ghz, 2x 8GB of RAM, Kingston A400 240GB SSD, WD Black 1TB, WD Green 1TB, Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB video, Gigabyte GA 880GA-UD2H, Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit

Named after R2D2 from Star Wars because the case is tall and on wheels.

Also called the "Light Gaming Rig." Used for playing Elite Dangerous.

Agent4790K – DIY, Corsair 800D case

                Core i7-4790K, 4x 4GB memory, Asus ROG Maximus Hero VII, Samsung 256GB SSD,                    2x WD Red 2TB, Gigabyte GTX 970 4GB, Corsair 900D case, Cooler Master 212 Hyper dual fan red LED cooling, Win 10 HP 64bit

Named in theme with Agent870, along with Agent99,
I call these the "Computers In Black"

Also called the "Medium Gaming Rig."  Used to play Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo, Cities Skylines, Endless Sky and more.

Agent2700 – DIY full tower case in beige

          AMD Ryzen 7 2700, MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX motherboard, 32GB of DDR4 memory, WD Black SN750 M2 NVME solid state drive, WD Black 1TB hard drive, Toshiba P300 2TB hard drive, eVGA GTX 970 video, Windows 10 Home 64bit

Also called the “Heavy Gaming Rig.” For yet more Elite Dangerous and other games.

Agent3230 - Asus ROG G46VW gaming laptop

Intel Core i5-3230M, 8GB of RAM, Seagate 750GB 5400rpm hard drive, Intel HD 4000 video and nVidia GeForce GTX 660M 2GB video, Windows 10 Home 64Bit
Bought this laptop at an estate sale for $20, one of my best finds so far!

Tablets

                Kate - Asus TF300T, Kate Botello, host of The Screen Savers

                Ada -  iPhone4, Ada Lovelace, created first computer programming language

                Grace - iPhone4, Admiral Grace Hopper, US Navy, coined the term “bug”

                MissLamarr -  LG V410, Hedy Lamarr, helped invent spread spectrum frequency hopping

                Mary Jackson - iPhone5c 32GB.  She worked on the Apollo Program and is a self-taught computer expert

Computers That No Longer Belong To Me

I also had a computer named after Katherine Johnson, now helping a client's grandkids do homework.  Hopefully, they'll be inspired to help get us to the stars.

Emelie (du Chatalet) - Dell Inspiron 1525

                Core Duo 1733, 4GB RAM, 120GB HD, Win HP 32bit

French scientist from the 1700's  (now belongs to a friend that helps with a women's shelter)

Henrietta Leavitt-Smith also did astronomy at the same time as Miss Cannon.  That computer is an HP TouchSmart Laptop running an AMD A6-5200, 8GB of RAM, a 640GB hard drive and Windows 8.1, which was given to a good friend for Christmas.

Agent99 - Dell Inspiron 1000

                Celeron 2200, 768MBs of RAM, 80GB HD, SiS graphics, XP Home

Named in theme with Agent 00-Core-i7 and Agent4790K as the "Computers In Black"

(Now lives with a friend that uses it for an older embroidery machine.)

MemoryDelta - HP a6838f

                Core 2 Duo E2220, 6GB RAM, Seagate 250GB, 8500GT video,

                Win7 HP 64bit

Named after Memory Alpha, from Star Trek. [No longer in service.]

TheMaster - Apple iMac 20”

                Core 2 Duo T8335, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD, OSX 10.11

Arch-enemy of The Doctor  [Sent to family member.]

Far Frontier - Dell Optiplex 760

                Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53ghz, 4x 1GB RAM, Seagate 500GB hard drive, Intel X4500 video, Windows 10 Professional 32bit

Bought this one from an estate sale for $20.00.  Named for a starship from a Robert Heinlein novel  [No longer in service, given to a friend.]

Vanguard - IBM ThinkPad T43

                Intel Pentium M 1860, 2x 1024MBs RAM, Hitachi 80GB hard drive, ATI X300 64MB  video, Mint 19 32bit

Bought this one from an estate for $30.00. Named for the other starship in a Heinlein novel.  [No longer in service, given to a friend.]

Cassiopeia - HP G62-DX435 15.6” laptop

                Turion II P540, 4GB RAM, 120GB HD, HD4200, Win10 Home 64bit

Named after the constellation.  [No longer in service, was given to a friend.]

Aurora - HP Pavilion 23-b010 All-in-One

                E2-1800, 8GB RAM, 500GB HD, HD7340 video, Windows 8.1 Home 64bit

Named after one of my cars, a 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora. [No longer in service, status unknown.]

Hypatia - iPad 2, astronomer and mathematician who lived in Alexandria in 4^th and 5^th centuries [Given to a friend.]

updated 20 May 2020