Matt's machines
This page is hopelessly out of date. I'm sorry. I'll probably take it down in the near future. It's folly for a geek to try to maintain a list of his machines online; especially if that geek has often ready access to disused hardware.
- megaweapon
- Named after the spiky RV in episode 501 of MST3K. Pentium 133, 128 MB, 2x4GB, 1x30GB. Runs OpenBSD snapshots. Using pf, it is our gateway to the Internet (via cable modem). It also does mail (via fetchmail, sendmail, and IMAP), print (Ghostscript and a custom filter), and file (Samba and Netatalk) serving.
- manos
- Named after the hands of fate in episode 424 of MST3K. Toshiba Satellite 1805-S254. Currently running Debian. Essentially my personal portable playground. Came with Windows XP, which is a steaming pile of dog doo and a massive privacy violation in a can to boot. It is no longer installed on my system.
- gamera
- Named after the flying turtle and friend of all children featured in several (you guessed it) MST3K episodes. Compaq Deskpro 2000/5166MMX, running Windows 2000. Runs Quicken and helps me back up my DVDs by way of Fair Use Wizard.
- pitch
- Named after the little red guy with horns found in episode 521 of, you guessed it, MST3K! Pentium 166MMX loaded with a DVD-ROM, a Hollywood Plus video card, a TV capture board, and a hand scanner that isn't supported under anything newer than Windows 98. pitch is attached to the TV in the living room.