My Lan

Last Updated: 2 August 1999

There are 4winboxes networked through an unmanaged hp switch

1. The Primary Domain Controller is a windows nt4 server with backoffice. It runs Vclip server and client, while the other computers need only run vclip client, so that data can be cut and pasted between monitors.
   dual Pentium200 on tyan tomcat motherboard
   • 256mb EDO ram
   • number9 imagine128 4mb video card
   • 3com network card
   • 2 gig scsi boot drive... about to be replaced with another 9gig baracuda
   • 3 Seagate barracudas 9gb hard drives on adaptec aaa-133 raid controller w/4mb cache
   • HP dat tape drive
   • 24x Toshiba CD ROM
   • Nokia 19" Multigraph 446Xpro monitor
   • sound blaster live audio card
   • us robotics 56 modem

2. The second computer runs Windows2000. It also runs Vclip client, part of the Virtual Clipboard package I am developing to virtualize a common clipboard server.

   • dual pentium pro 200 on tyan tomcat motherboard
   • 320mb of EDO ram
   • matrox millenium 8mb graphics card
   • 3com PCI network card
   • 32x Toshiba CD-ROM
   • 21" Nokia Multigraph 445Xpro monitor
   • sound blaster awe64 sound card
   • 9 gig chita scsi hard drive at 9600 rpm
   • 3 18gig ibm ultra wide scsi drives
   • adaptec aaa-133 3 channel scsi controller for raid array w/64mb cache
3. The third computer runs win98 se. The monochrome monitor will always display the text of the windows server clipboard, by running SpyClip2.1, another in house product. And with vclip client enabled, any clipboard pasting from any computer on the network will display the text on this monochrome monitor.

   • pentium II 333 on asus dual motherboard
   • 256mb sdram
   • 3 ide hard drives, 8, 12, 18mb
   • boca dual graphics adapter
   • Princeton monochrome monitor
   • ViewSonic 21" PT813
   • ATI All in Wonder PCI primary graphics card
   • ViewSonic 17" PS2
   • matrox G200 Marvel AGP secondary graphics card with TV tuner
   • Panasonic 4/8x CD burner
   • Toshiba 24x cd rom
   • Creative Labs DVD
   • IOmega 250mb zip internal backup

The LAN has a switch hub, with room for 8 computers. So three friends can come over with their laptops. There is also a Lexmark laser printer, a microtek scanner, a canon photoprinter, a kodak dc260 digital camera with 48mb flash card, a mixer and a satellite speaker with a sub woofer. Another computer in the next room networked in.

The chair is a Backsaver Recliner. The Microsoft keyboard rests on a pillow on my lap, and is (Rose Electronics) hotkey keyboard switchable between the computers. The intellimice are on a tray that slides over the side. The monitors are suspended from the ceiling so that I can look at it straight on. There is a shelf haging down from ceiling beams with chains, to support the monitors. A single remote control is for the TV, stereo, CD player, and VCR. The 2 line speaker phone has a UNEX hands free headset. The PIM I am developing, Fone, dials the numbers and logs the calls. Two air conditioners and 2 high ceiling fans.

This is the development environment that I am using to produce Virtual Clipboard Package, a new windows95/nt Internet clipboard protocol client written in Visual C++6. It is in beta testing, and more testers are needed.

Also under development is a Personal Information Manager call Fone. The prototype is written mostly in MSAccess with Visual Basic for Applications, with SQL. It is customizable for personal use for scheduling and record keeping, and small business to use for invoicing and inventory. It is not even close to marketing, but is used by some clients now.

and yes, i was watching young Hercules on tv

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