Note: There are emulators for these older systems for nostalgia:

• Early (19)80s(?): Atari 2600.
• Unknown date (1983?): Texas Instruments (TI) 99/4A.
• 1986-1987: Apple //c: Apple Monitor II, external hookup to a color cathode ray tube (CRT) tel(evision/ly)/TV for colors, external drive #2, Apple ImageWriter II/2 dot matrix printer, and a few analog joysticks (used Apple's and Kraft (Systems) KC3) for PC for a few years -- <3 those dual connectors).
• Unknown date (late (19)80s): Coleco's Frogger mini-arcade.
• Unknown date (late (19)80s or early (19)90s?): Was using Prodigy, playing and hacking Wolfenstein 3D, etc. New Desktop Machine -- IBM Personal System (PS)/2 Model 30 286 (Intel): 10 MHz, 1 MB of RAM, IBM PS/2 IBM 8512(?) 12" VGA monitor, 30 MB HDD, IBM PS/2 2-buttons mouse, and an IBM ProPrinter X24e (loud dot matrix through a parallel cable). Ran IBM-DOS v4.0, Windows 3.0 and 3.1 (thanks Egghead), and Stacker software to make more free disk space, etc.). Added a Creative Labs Sound Blaster (8-bit), an internal Zoom 2400 modem, and more memory up to 4 MB.
• December 1993: New Custom Tower PC -- Intel 486 DX2/66 MHz, 8 MB of Memory, 15" OptiQuest monitor, Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 (MultiCD; also got a separate Creative Wave Blaster II/2 to add on for it later on [unknown date] to improve MIDI music], 2x CD-ROM drive, Diamond SpeedStar Pro (VLB), 3-buttons Genius CLIXes mouse, a Conner Peripherals IDE 340 MB HDD, etc. Ran Microsoft DOS v6.x and Windows v3.1.
• Unknown dates: Added an Hewlett Packard (HP) DeskJet 560C printer, Intel 144/144e external modem, and other things. Also, upgraded things.
• Unknown date: Upgraded Tower Machine: Upgraded to an Intel Pentium 166-S MHz (non-MMX) with a 128K CPU cache, Conner Peripherals IDE HDD (850 MB), Western Digital Caviar EIDE HDD (3.1 GB), new memory up to 32 MB, Diamond Stealth64 3000 (4 MB VRAM; S3 Vision 968; PCI), Diamond Monster 3D 1 (Voodoo 1/3dfx), a new HDD, and an USR 33.6k Sportster external Faxmodem (Model: 0413; Product Code: 000839-03). Ran Microsoft Windows 95.0a.
• Summer of 1994?: A 486SX AST notebook/laptop with monochrome screen, trackball, no sound card, etc.
• 1995/1996?: ProStar 5200 notebook/laptop with Intel Pentium 90 MHz, 16 MB (upgraded from 8 MB), 11.5" dual-scan display (8-bit; 256 colors max), 81(4/5) MB HDD, ESS Technology sound card, 2-buttons touchpad, etc. Added an used, external SupraFAX 14.4k modem. Ran Microsoft Windows 95.0a. It broke three times and was charged to be repaired: keys died, hinges broke, and motherboard died. Never again! :(
• 19(97/98)?: Compaq Armada 1585DMT notebook/laptop, Intel Pentium MMX 150 MHz with 32 MB (upgraded from 16 MB) of DIMM EDO RAM, 256k cache, 12" 16-bit high colors active matrix display at 800x600, Cirrus Logic CL-GD7548 (LCD PCI) with 1 MB RAM, ESS Technology ES1878 AudioDrive PnP (without a true wavetable card), 10X Matsushita/Matshita UJDCD8700 IDE CD-ROM drive, internal Compaq Armada 1500 series 336 FaxModem (33.6k), 2.0 GB IDE harddrive, 2-buttons touchpad. Added a Kensington 2-buttons mouse and Netgear FA510 NIC (PCMCIA). Running Microsoft Windows 95.0b (OSR2).
• 7/1998: Upgraded Tower Machine: Upgraded to an Award Bios Intel Pentium II 300 MHz (DFI P2XBL motherboard (Revision A) -- 440BX 100 MHz bus tower with 128 MB of SDRAM (PC100), ATX Full Tower Case, 300W power supply, 2 ISA, 3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 Shared PCI/ISA Slot, and 512K CPU cache. Added a Diamond Fireport 40 PCI (SCSI-3) and Yamaha CRW 4260 (6x4x2; SCSI) -- a CD burner.
• Unknown date: Replaced Conner EIDE 850 MB, due to a growing number of bad clusters, with a Quantum Fireball EX 6.4GB.
• 12/1998: Replaced and added a Creative Labs 3D Blaster (Voodoo 2/3dfx (12 MB/PCI)).
• 1/1999: Replaced and added an IBM P72 (6556) 17" CRT monitor. Removed Diamond Monster 3D 1 to keep for other use.
• 11/26/1999: Added Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1212 6X/32X ATAPI/IDE drive, Matrox Millenium G400 32 MB DualHead, Plextor PleXWriter 4/2/20 CD-R/CD-RW PX-W4220T (SCSI), amd 3Com FastEtherLink XL 10/100 Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX). Also, added Netgear FA510 NIC (PCMCIA) for Compaq Armada 1585DMT notebook.
  Removed 24X Toshiba XM-6102B IDE CD-ROM drive to get a DVD-ROM drive dying Yamaha CRW 4260 (6x4x2; SCSI) because it couldn't burn CDs correctly and Diamond Stealth64 3000 (4 MB VRAM; S3 Vision 968; PCI) since it was too slow.
• 12/9(?)/1999: Got a Klipsch ProMedia v.2-400 speakers (4.1).
• 2/9/2000: Upgraded sound card to a Sound Blaster Live! Platinum to replace my 7-years old SB16 ISA card.
• 8/5/2000: Removed old Western Digital Caviar due to slow read access (0.1MB/sec - 0.5MB/sec) and growing bad sectors, and my Voodoo2 card. Replaced it with a Quantum Fireball Plus LM15 (15 GB; 7200 RPM) HDD. Upgraded the CPU to an Intel Pentium III 600 Mhz CPU. Added another 128 MB of RAM for a total of 256 MB.
• 9/24/2000: Replaced the old DFI P2XBL Revision A motherboard with an ASUS P3B-F motherboard due to computer problems (crashes).
• 12/31/2000: Replaced the dying Plextor drive with a new Plextor PX-W1210 PlexWriter (12/10/32A; IDE).
  Built a secondary/backup computer with old parts: Intel Pentium II 300 Mhz CPU (Slot 1), DFI P2XBL motherboard revision A -- 440BX 100 Mhz bus, ATX full-tower Tower Case (Enlight 7237 with power supply; AMD approved; 250 watts), 128 MB of SDRAM (PC133; Micron), Quantum Fireball Plus LM 30 GB HDD (7200 RPM; EIDE), Diamond Stealth64 3000 (4 MB; PCI), Creative Labs 3D Blaster (Voodoo 2; 12 MB) PCI card, Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 ISA, Toshiba XM-6102B (24X) CD-ROM drive, 3.5" Teac disk drive, and a 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100 Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905C-TX).
  Removed Diamond Fireport 40 PCI (SCSI-3) since it became useless with the new Plextor IDE CD burner.
  Added a Belkin Omni Cube (2-port; KVM), 8-ports Netgear DS108 Hub 10/100 base for LAN, and a Netgear Router RT311 for Internet broadband.
• 2/12/2001: Added an APC Back-UPS 650VA (BK650MC) for the P2 and P3 systems.
• 3/10/2001: I got @Home with Adelphia cable modem service and a leased Terayon TeraPro cable modem (not DOCSIS).
• 9/9/2001: P3 box got a Leadtek WinFast GeForce2 Pro 64MB AGP, IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40 GB ATA/100 Hard Drive (7200 RPM; IC35L040AVER07-0), and 512 MB (2 256 MB SDRAMs; PC133; Kingston). P2 box got the old Matrox G400, old Qauntum 6 GB HDD, and old RAM from P3 box. Removed Voodoo2 card as well.
• 9/16/2001: Got an Epson Stylus Color 880 Inkjet Printer to replace my dying Hewlett Packard DeskJet 560C printer.
• 7/6/2002: I swapped the outdated cable modem to a COM21 DP1110XB-N (DOXport) cable modem due to Adelphia PowerLink DOCSIS migration.
• 7/7/2002: My IBM P72 monitor malfunctioned from trying to suspend/sleep overnight. Its OSD menus and screens failed to work properly. Immediately and with limited choices, I had to buy a 17" Samsung SyncMaster 763MB CRT monitor (still preferred my former IBM one).
• 10/5/2002: Moved old Pentium III 600 Mhz CPU to replace the Pentium II 300 Mhz CPU. Change the NICs on both systems. The former P3 box got new items: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1800 Mhz) CPU, Thermaltake Volcano 9 (for CPU), ASUS A7V333 (VIA KT333 chipset; Revision v1) motherboard, Kingston DDR DRAM PC2100/DDR 266 (512 MB), used Enlight Powersupply (250 watts), and Leadtek WinFast A250 LE TD (MyVIVO Edition; NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4200; 128 MB of RAM).
• 12/30/2002: Got a 15" Apple PowerBook G4 (1 Ghz; 512 MB of RAM; SuperDrive; 60 GB HDD; USB 1.1, and Mac OS X 10.2). More details.
• 4/12/2003: Added Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick (USB) to my gaming machine.
• 5/2/2003: Replaced my dead 3.5" disk drive with a new Teac disk drive on the tower Athlon XP system.
• 5/31/2003: On my Athlon XP tower system, I replaced my problematic Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1212 16X/48X ATAPI/IDE drive with a Toshiba SD-M1612 rev. B 16X/48X ATAPI/IDE, noisy 80mm case fan, and added a Kingston DDR DRAM PC2700/DDR CAS 2.5 (512 MB) to make 1 GB of RAM total.
• 9/16/2003 - 10/11/2003: Replaced Athlon XP's Leadtek video card with an ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 9800 Pro (128 MB), replaced old Enlight power supply with Antec model SL400 power supply (ATX12V; 400 watts; 80mm and 92mm fans), and added a new Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus ST3120026A 120 GB (8 MB cache; 7200 RPM) HDD. Replaced P3 box's CD-ROM drive with the Athlon XP's former Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1212 drive due to read problems (can't read CDs). Also, got a Linksys Instant Wireless Network Access Point (802.11b; 2.4 Ghz; 11Mbs; v2.6; WAP11).
• 9/24/2004: Moved ASUS A7V333 motherboard, its AMD Athlon XP CPU, RAM, and SB Live! card from primary/gaming box to the old Linux box. Also reformatted the big HDD to install 32-bit Debian. For primary/gaming box, it got an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2GHz 512KB Socket 754 single core CPU, ASUS K8V SE Deluxe (VIA K8T800 Socket 754 ATX; VIA VT8237 South Bridge; Revision 2; onboard sound disabled; onboard NIC not used/connected (using 3COM NIC for network) and can't be disabled or else Promise Raid won't be activate), a 3 fan HDD Peeze cooler, 1 GB of PC3200 Kingston RAM (CAS 3), and Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS. On mini-tower box, retired Matrox G400 video card to use Leadtek WinFast A250 LE TD (MyVIVO Edition; NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4200; 128 MB of RAM).
• 11/2004 (Thanksgiving long weekend): Replaced Epson Stylus Color 880 Inkjet Printer with a Hewlett Packard Photosmart 8450 (Q3388A) printer.
• 12/22/2004: Deactivated Adelphia cable modem service.
• 1/3/2005: Bought a Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D) for stronger wireless connections.
• 1/17/2005: Put in a new Toshiba DVD-ROM Drive SD-M1912/TMAG 16X/48X for mini-tower box to replace the old Toshiba DVD-ROM that refused to close after opening. Got an Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer, revision 3 for ATI Radeon 9800 Pro AIW (128 MB) card in Athlon XP 2200+ box since the video card was overheating (e.g., DOOM 3 showed dots). Removed SB Live! card from the mini-tower and enabled the motherboard's onboard CMEDIA 6 channels audio.
• 4/16/2005: In gaming/primary computer, replaced all 80mm case fans with cooler/better ones and Athlon 64 CPU's retail/stock fan with a Thermaltake Venus A1838 (Silent Boost K8).
• 4/24/2005: Replaced dead Enlight 240 watts power supply unit (PSU) in Debian/Athlon XP box with an old PSU (Enlight EN-8341934; Model: HPC-340-101; 340 watts) I kept.
• 6/4/2005: Got Adelphia's High Speed Internet again and with its leased Terayon TJ715X cable modem.
• 6/5/2005: Replaced ASUS A7V333 motherboard (lock ups and no more boot ups) and Quantum Fireball Plus 30 GB HDD (circuit controller died) since they were damaged by the recent PSU melt down. Got a refurbished MSI KT4AV-L (Socket A/Socket 462; VIA KT400A ATX AMD) and an used Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 (53073U6; 7200 RPM; 30 GB ATA/EIDE) HDD. Also, added another 80mm case fan. I think I installed a new Debian on this PC.
• 9/25/2005: Replaced the old UPS, that kept shutting down when powered on a few times, with a new APC Back-UPS XS BX1500.
• 11/25/2005: In primary/gaming box: Removed ATI Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder card and old Antec model SL400 power supply. Also, added Air2PC-ATSC-PCI HDTV card (r0.2) connected to a DB2 bowtie antenna (30 miles), an used 500 watts Seasonic S12 PSU, an external Kingwin HDD Enclosure (MS-350U-S) with a Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250 GB HDD (ST3250823A; 7200 RPM), XFX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (128 MB; AGP; dual DVI), and added 1 GB of RAM (Kingston PC3200; CL3).
• 12/18/2005: Added an used Asus TV Tuner Card 880 NTSC (cx23880) to primary/gaming box. Linux box gets a new Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (ST380011A; 7200 RPM; 80 GB) HDD to replace the dying and super slow Maxtor 30 GB HDD. Successfully migrated old datas as well.
• 12/28/2005: Removed 3Com NIC from primary/gaming box since it wasn't working and having an IRQ conflict.
• 6/30/2006: Replaced the old SeaSonic PSU with an used 600 watts model due to possible damaged voltages (instability), the old XFX video card that died (overheated? and sparked), and changed computer case (now, an Antec P180).
• 7/21/2006: Replaced Linux/Debian box's dead Enlight PSU (died on 7/17/2006 at 12:30 AM PDT) with an almost new Heroichi (HEC) Orion HP585D (585 watts) for temporary usage and replaced Leadtek video card (leaked, buldged, and unglued capacitors; had a video signal loss in the past) with an used NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 AGP card (128 MB).
• 7/29/2006: Replaced Linux/Debian box's PSU with an Antec SmartPower SP-350 PSU (350 watts). Also, swapped IBM HDD to a Seagate ST380011A 80 GB HDD due to a write delay error and SMART error (Reallocated Sector Count) in gaming box.
• 12/24/2006: Moved gaming box's old ASUS motherboard, Athlon 64 3200+ CPU, and GeForce 6800 AGP video card to the Linux box while retiring the old Athlon XP motherboard, CPU, and video card. Everything else (e.g., network) was the same. In primary/gaming box, upgraded core components with: AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual core; 2.4 GHz) 939 4600+ CPU, MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125) motherboard (nForce4), EVGA e-GeForce 7950GT KO (512 MB; PCIe; NVIDIA), Seagate 320 GB SATA 7200 RPM ST3320620AS HDD (3 Gb/sec.; replaced the old Quantum 15 GB HDD due to lack of free disk space). Everything else (e.g., onboard network, sound card, and TV tuners, etc.) was the same as well.
• 2/3/2007: Replaced the old 17" Samsung 763mb CRT monitor with a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 931BF LCD TFT monitor (4:3 aspect ratio and 1280x1024 native screen resolution).
• 5/14/2007: Replaced the dead Antec PSU in Linux/Debian box with a Fortron FSP650-80GLC PSU (650 watts).
• 10/13/2007: Replaced the old hub with an used Netgear FS108 switch.
• 1/26/2008: Removed 512 MB Kington memory module from Debian/Linux box due to computer hardware problems (two random hard lock ups and a random reboot; computer didn't boot up [not even a POST] after those).
• 8/20/2008: Replaced old keyboard (enter key not registering sometimes) with a new a Dell 104-key PS/2 keyboard.
• 9/7/2008: Replaced dying Quantum 6.4 GB HDD with my old IDE/ATA Quantum Fireball Plus LM 15 GB and readded a return merchandise authorization/RMA'ed 512 MB Kingston memory in Linux/Debian box.
• 10/4/2008: Replaced Terayon TJ715X cable modem with an Ambit/Ubee U10C018 cable modem due to coax cable connection problems.
• 10/18/2008: Replaced Netgear RT311 router with an old/used Linksys BEFSX41 v1 router because of random disconnections every 12-15 hours to the cable modem and Internet.
• 12/27/2008: Moved most of old Windows/gaming box hardware parts to the Debian/Linux box except EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO video card had to be RMA'ed due to its fans stopping, showing display corruption in Norton Ghost 2003 DOS, and finally died [nothing on screen during boot up] and two old HDDs. Windows/Gaming box got Intel Core 2 Q8200 (quad-core; 2.33 Ghz 1333 FSB) with a Scythe Andy Master 120mm CPU cooler (SCASM-1000), MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514) motherboard, MSI R4870-T2D512 -OC (ATI Radeon HD 4870 with 512 MB), two 1 GB of Crucial RAM, onboard RealTek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC network, another Broadband Technologies Air2PC-ATSC-PCI HDTV tuner card (dual setup now), Sony NEC Optiarc DVD-RW AD-7220S burner drive, and a new internal 500 GB 7200 RPM Seagate SATA ST3500320AS HDD.
• 1/3/2009: Swapped KVM with an used 4-port one (same brand and features) due to blurry display quality (got worse).
• 1/10/2009: Swapped DVD-ROM drives. Added an EVGA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB; PCIe; NVIDIA) RMA replacement video card into Debian/Linux box.
• 3/7/2009: Logitech Z-2300 speakers (2.1 setup and analog) to replace Klipsch ProMedia speakers (subwoofer went bust and made horrible rattling noises with low frequencies for bass).
• 11/2/2009: Replaced broken Linksys router with a Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G 54Mbps router v1.1.
• 12/5/2009: Replaced Windows' old DVD-ROM drive with a Pioneer CD/DVD Burner SATA Model DVR-218LBK due to old drive being unable to read burned discs (pressed discs were OK). Downgraded Debian/Linux box back to ASUS K8V SE with AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 754 single core CPU, 2.5 GB of RAM (two 1 GB + 512 MB), GeForce FX 5200 (AGP; NVIDIA), etc. Also, replaced the broken PSU with a new Antec Basiq BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC PSU.
• 1/23/2010: Reupgraded Debian/Linux box back to MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125) motherboard with its dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ CPU, 3 GB of RAM, RMA'ed EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card (PCIE), used a stock AMD CPU fan, and downgraded/replaced PSU with an Antec Basiq BP500U (500 Watt ATX).
• 2/15/2010: Removed a 512 MB of RAM due to failures (Kernel panics and failing Memtest86+ v4.00) and replaced CPU fan with the old, cleaned Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 A1838. Now, down to 2.5 GB (swapped a 1 GB for two working 512 MBs to regain $15 [didn't really need 3 GB]).
• 10/1/2010: Again, downgraded Debian/Linux box back to ASUS K8V SE with AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 754 single core CPU, 2 GB of RAM (1 GB + two 512 MB), GeForce FX 5200 (AGP; NVIDIA), etc. due to not working again (CPU is probably finally dead). Also, replaced eight months old noisy PSU fan (still under warranty) with a new Antec Basiq BP350 (ATX 12v v2.01; 350 watts) PSU.
• 12/20/2010 (major desktop upgrades): Windows box got a quad-core Intel i7 950 CPU, three 2 GB of Kingston HyperX T1 Series 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model KHX2000C9AD3T1K3/6GX DDR3 RAM (6 GB total; 2.5 GB shown and using 3.5 GB for RAM disk drive with a 2 GB virtual memory/pagefile in 32-bit old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3, EVGA X58 SLI (132-BL-E758) motherboard, reused MSI R4870-T2D512 OC Radeon HD 4870 512 MB (S-video+composite cables and adapter connected to Toshiba W-627 VCR to a January 1996 19.5" Sharp CRT TV), used one of two onboard RealTek Gigabit Ethernets and onboard RealTek sound (no more sound card due to lack of old PCI slots), swapped PSU for a new Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650 watts ATX12V/EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC, removed a Pioneer SATA DVD burner to swap with an old Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1612 Rev. B 16X/48X ATAPI/IDE drive (other box doesn't have enough IDE/PATA connections). Removed the old 3.5" floppy disk drive (useless these days and no connection to the new motherboard). Debian/Linux box got the old Windows box's Intel Core 2 Q8200 (quad-core) with a Scythe Andy Master 120mm CPU cooler (SCASM-1000), MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514) motherboard (latest BIOS), two 1 GB of Crucial RAM (Samsung DDR2 800 (PC2-6400; 400 MHz), onboard RealTek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC network and Intel High Digital Audio (HDA), 600 watts SeaSonic S12 PSU, ASUS TV Tuner Card 880 NTSC (cx23880), Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model DVR-218LBK LabelFlash Support, added an USB+memory card reader front panel, etc. Gave its old Toshiba DVD-ROM to Windows box due to lack of more IDE/PATA connections.
• 3/25/2011: Replaced Windows PC's old Toshiba DVD-ROM drive with a LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NS50 burner drive and PS/2 ball mouse with a Logitech optical mouse (still two buttons + one scrollwheel).
• 11/24/2011: Debian/Linux box lost (did not die) its IDE Quantum Fireball Plus LM 15 GB due to very old and its annoying daily SMART error #9 (very old age), added a new 115 GB Corsair Force Series F115 Solid-State Disk (SSD) (CSSD-F115GB2-BRKT-A), and moved the old IDE/PATA main Seagate HDD to secondary (now used for secondary/storage) for SSD to take over as a primary/main drive with a brand new 64-bit Debian stable net-installation.
• 11/27/2011: Replaced Windows machine's dying slower Seagate ST3500320AS 500 GB HDD with a new Seagate 1 TB ST310005N1A1AS-RK HDD.
• 8/27/2012: Replaced the seven years old APC Back-UPS XS BX1500 (drained/dead battery) with a new APC Back-UPS XS 1500VA 10-Outlet Power-Saving UPS (Model: BX1500G; 865 watts; 5/17/2012 date).
• Beginning of August 2012: Replaced the old DB2 bowtie antenna with a RCA ANT751R antenna.
• 12/22/2012: Cleaned both computers physically with no new upgrades to break the every two year cycle trend. Also, replaced the old Enlight's Debian/Linux box with a new Antec Sonata Proto mid tower ATX case. Replaced its broken internal memory card reader+USB port due to bent needle pins for CF slot.
• 1/20/2013: Replaced the old noisy vibrating dual case fan with a new one.
• 10/6/2013: Removed a broken? (can't lock on any over the air (OTA) signals on any antenna(s/e) and coax cables)) HDTV tuner card and added a new Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 (dual tuners) PCIe card.
• 8/2/2014: Replaced Windows PC's sparked and fried Corsair PSU with an Antec HCG-620M (620 watts) power supply unit (PSU).
• 8/30/2014: Swapped external network devices due to the forced eviction to move into a new nest: Netgear R6300 (AC1750; v1; already set up on 8/31/2012) router connected to an Arris TM502G (DOCSIS 2.0; v02) cable modem. Also, connected Windows desktop to a 21.5" Samsung SyncMaster T22B350ND HDTV directly (no more VCR and other old fashion video stuff including the free over the air (OTA) antenna :(). See here for a few photo(graph)s of the old stuff.
• 10/4/2014: Swapped the cable modem to a faster and newer one: Arris TG1672G Cable Modem (with wireless router [disabled to use my own] and phone) DOCSIS 3.0 / PacketCable 2.0 Touchstone Residential Gateway (hw_rev: 6).
• 12/30/2014: 23.6" 16:9 1920x1080 pixels resolutions Asus VS247H-P monitor to replace the old dying 19" monitor (unable to power up fully when cold?).
• 1/11/2015: Western Digital Corporation (WDC) WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 SATA 2 TB HDD to replace the dying Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (ST380011A; 7200 RPM; 80 GB; IDE) HDD in Debian/Linux box.
• End of January 2015?: An used iPhone 4S with 16 GB of storage (MD276LL/A).
• 7/23/2016: Swapped Windows XP Pro. SP3's deteroriating Antec P180 ATX case with a new Corsair Carbide Series 300R ATX mid-tower case.
• 10/22/2016: Replaced Windows box's hard crashed (clicky physical noises) Seagate 1 TB SATA HDD, from 11/27/2011, with a new 3.5" Western Digital Purple Surveillance 2 TB (WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0; 6 Gbs; 64 MB cache)]. Also, retired old Windows XP Pro. SP3 OS to a brand new 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium Edition SP1 from scratch.
• 7/16?/2017: Replaced a couple broken(?) Linksys RE4000W N600 Dual-Band Wireless Range Extender with a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Desktop WiFi Range Extender (EX7000-100NAS; AC1900) due to far away wireless issues.
• 11/25/2018: Replaced Windows PC's Antec HCG-620M (620 watts) PSU, due to non-fan noises (power transformers?), with a new Sea Sonic S12II Bronze (520 watts). Also, removed the old Broadband Technologies Air2PC-ATSC-PCI HDTV tuner card (DVB; revision 2) that is not used due to lack of DTV OTA antenna feed in the area.
• 9/24?/2019: Replaced very slow and unsupported iPhone 4S with an used 6 + with 128 GB.
• 5/18/2020: Replaced almost six years old Arris TG1672G cable modem with Spectrum's E31N2V1 (Hitron; infamous Intel Puma 7 chipset) cable modem (DOCSIS v3.1).
• 12/8/2020: Retired the old Netgear R6300 (AC1750; v1) router with a new Netgear Orbi RBK753S-100NAS (WiFi 6; AX4200; 7,500 sq. ft.; 2 satellites).
• 5/29/2021: Got new stuff: Intel Core i5-10400 Comet Lake 2.9GHz 6-Core LGA 1200 CPU (includes Intel UHD 630 GPU), ASRock H510M-HDV/M.2 Intel LGA 1200 microATX motherboard, Crucial Ballistix Gaming 16GB (2 x 8 GB = 16 GB of RAM) DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit BL2K8G32C16U4B, WD Black SN750 1 TB with Heatsink (WDS100T3XHC) M.2 NVMe Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 Internal SSD with 3D TLC NAND 2280, and 64-bit Windows 10 Pro. Also, got an used MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (N750TI-2GD5/OC; 2 GB of VRAM; VGA to KVM to monitor and HDMI to connect to a HDTV). Retired the cleaned 10.44 years old EVGA X58 SLI (132-BL-E758; BIOS date 5/11/2010; v6.00 PG; release number IX58SZ64) motherboard since it was crashing during its CMOS & 64-bit W7 HPE SP1 session, and then no more boot ups (not even POST and holding down its power button to shut down). Had to reuse the older hardwares. :(
• 7/12/2021: Replaced old UPS with a new APC Back-UPS (model: BX1500M; 900 watts; its USB cable connected to secondary machine)'s battery outlets. Moved old still working UPS to handle lower powered devices like networks (e.g., modems and router), DVR, etc.
• 8/12/2021: Replaced a getting slower and more unsupported iPhone 6 + with a new 12 mini with 256 GB (MG6W3LL/A).
• 4/8/2023: Replaced 64-bit W10 Pro. PC's failing DVD burner drive with a new LG Super Multi Blue Internal 14x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter (WH14NS40). Replaced the older Debian/Linux and 64-bit W7 PC's hardwares with an used Jetway NF9J-Q87 Mini-ITX motherboard (#1, #2, and #3) with Intel Core i7-4790 CPU (3.6 GHz, 4 cores, & 8 threads), used Noctua NH-L9i CPU cooler, new 16 GB of RAM (2 G.SKILL DDR3 SO-DIMM 8 GB), new 2.5" Samsung 870 EVO 500 GB (3-bit MLC V-NAND SATA III 6Gb/s) SSD, onboard Intel I211 gigabit network, new ASUS DVD burner drive, & a new Seagate IronWolf 4 TB 5900 RPM SATA III 6Gb/s 3.5" Internal NAS CMR HDD (soon to be for storage & maybe updated 64-bit Windows 7 HPE SP1 (installed on 10/22/2016)).
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