Summary of Alpha Lab Desktop Computers Dan Weisz July 14th, 2003 --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Bentham Operating System: Windows XP Pro Service Pack 1 Initial Operating Date: August 2002 IP Address: DHCP Client Hardware Specs: AMD Athlon Processor 1GHz 1GB SDRAM RAM 60GB Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce 4600 Ti Video Card Plextor CDRW Attached Devices: Yamaha Speakers + Subwoofer Functionality: Workstation Inventorial Item: Yes Additional Notes: After running POST and the RAM check, this computer indicates that there may be a bad or corrupt hard drive installed. This error is not a cause for concern, there is an old hard drive still installed on the system which is seldom used ? it is only there to preserve files for some older lab members. Simply press F1 to continue booting the machine. --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Bob Operating System: Windows XP Pro Service Pack 1 Initial Operating Date: May 2003 IP Address: DHCP Client Hardware Specs: Intel Celeron Processor 1GHz 256 MB DDR RAM 20 GB Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX Video Card Sony CDRW Attached Devices: HP LaserJet 6MP HP ScanJet 5300 (USB) Altec Lansing Speakers + Subwoofer Functionality: Workstation Inventorial Item: No Additional Notes: --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Duchamp Operating System: Windows 2000 Pro Service Pack 3 Initial Operating Date: June 2003 IP Address: DHCP Client Hardware Specs: Intel Pentium 2 Processor 400MHz 256 MB SDRAM RAM 8 GB Hard Drive ATI Rage Pro 3 AGP Video Card Toshiba CD ROM Drive Attached Devices: Dazzle EmMe! (Cannon VC-C4 camera) Functionality: NetMeeting Conferencing Machine Inventorial Item: No Additional Notes: Currently this machine is being used for developmental purposes with the Cannon camera. It will eventually be given an external static IP address and will serve as the lab?s NetMeeting machine. --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Edison Operating System: Linux Mandrake 9.1 Initial Operating Date: June 2003 IP Address: DHCP Client (for now) Hardware Specs: Intel Celeron Processor 1GHz 256 MB DDR RAM 60 GB Linux HD, 60 GB NTFS HD NVIDIA GeForce 4600 Ti Video Card Sony CDRW Attached Devices: Functionality: Internal Lab Fileserver Inventorial Item: No Additional Notes: This machine is currently a DHCP client, but will soon be made into the lab fileserver hosting both Windows and Linux files. --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Ford Operating System: Linux Mandrake 9.0 Initial Operating Date: April 2003 IP Address: 128.32.172.117 Hardware Specs: Intel Celeron Processor 1GHz 512 MB DDR RAM 4 20GB Hard Drives (?) NVIDIA GeForce 4600 Ti Video Card Sony CDRW Attached Devices: Functionality: Primary Lab Web Server, Gateway to the Internet for DHCP Clients, DHCP server, Virtual Host for Alpha Lab Projects: Jester, Dislocation, ?? Inventorial Item: No Additional Notes: --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Gauss Operating System: Windows XP Pro Service Pack 1 Initial Operating Date: May 2003 IP Address: DHCP Client Hardware Specs: Intel Celeron Processor 1GHz 256 MB DDR RAM 20 GB Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce 4600 Ti Video Card Sony CDRW Attached Devices: HP LaserJet 2100 Functionality: Workstation Inventorial Item: No Additional Notes: --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Houdini Operating System: Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 2 Initial Operating Date: June 2001 IP Address: 192.168.2.9 Hardware Specs: Intel Pentium 2 Processor 300MHz 160 MB SDRAM RAM 20 GB Hard Drive Generic VGA Video Card NEC CD ROM Drive Attached Devices: KVM Switch Functionality: Lab Domain Server Inventorial Item: No Additional Notes: The only users able to login to this machine are those in the ?Administrators? group. This precaution is solely for security purposes. This machine does not have the capabilities to serve as a workstation in addition to a domain controller. Houdini shares a monitor, keyboard, and mouse via the KVM switch with Duchamp. An upgrade to 2003 server is in the works as of July 2003. --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Mason Operating System: Windows XP Pro Service Pack 1 Initial Operating Date: August 2002 IP Address: DHCP Client Hardware Specs: AMD Athlon Processor 950MHz 1 GB SDRAM RAM 60 GB Hard Drive Raedon 9700 Pro Video Card Plextor CDRW Attached Devices: Functionality: Workstation Inventorial Item: Yes Additional Notes: Sometimes this computer has trouble connecting to the entire Alpha Lab Windows Network. The problem remains unresolved, but is still actively being worked on. --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Memento Operating System: Linux Mandrake 9.0 Initial Operating Date: April 2003 IP Address: 128.32.172.121 Hardware Specs: Intel Celeron Processor 1GHz 512 MB DDR RAM 20GB Hard Drives NVIDIA GeForce 4600 Ti Video Card Sony CDRW Attached Devices: HP LaserJet 5MP Functionality: Mori Project Server Inventorial Item: No Additional Notes: Hosts a LaserJet 5MP for printing from Linux based machines. --------------------------------------------------- Computer Name: Teleactor Server Operating System: Linux Mandrake 9.0 Initial Operating Date: April 2003 IP Address: 128.32.172.120 Hardware Specs: AMD Athlon Processor 950MHZ 1 GB SDRAM RAM 80 GB Hard Drive (?) Video card ? Plextor CDRW Attached Devices: Functionality: Hosts the Teleactor and Sharecam projects. Inventorial Item: Yes Additional Notes: