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Workstation 1 2 3 4 5
Processor/MHz Intel Pentium 4
2.8 GHz
Intel Pentium 4
2.2 GHz
Intel Pentium 4M 1.6GHz AMD
K6-2/550
Intel
 P-III 550
Motherboard Dell Dell Sony Sony Compaq
Memory 1 GB 512 MB 512 MB 256 MB 384 MB
Floppy Drive     3.5" 3.5" 3.5"
Hard Drive 40 GB SATA 40 GB ATA 40 GB EIDE 12 GB EIDE 120 GB EIDE
CD Drive IDE IDE      48x IDE
CD-RW Drive     16x10x24 IDE    
DVD Drive     8x IDE 8x IDE 16x IDE
DVD-R+/CD-RW
Zip Drive         External
Parallel
Tape Drive N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Primary Video (Chip/Memory) Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 845  Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 845  ATI Radeon 7500
16MB AGP
Trident Cyberblade
8 MB
(shared)
nVidia GeForce 2 MX400 PCI
Secondary Video
(Chip/Memory)
         
Sound Card Integrated 2.0 AC97 Audio Integrated 2.0 AC97 Audio Sound Blaster
compatable
Sound Blaster
compatable
Internal (primary)
Sound Blaster Live 5.1 PCI
(secondary)
Serial Port(s) 1-16550 1-16550 1- 16550 1-16550
2-16550
Parallel Port(s) 1 1 1 1 1
Game Port(s)          
USB Port(s) 8 6 3 2 2
SCSI Port(s)          
Other Port(s)     2- PCMCIA
Memory Stick
2- PCMCIA  
Internet/
Modem
LAN
 
LAN
 
LAN
56K V.90
LAN
56K V.90
LAN
 
Monitor Westinghouse 19"LCD Westinghouse 19"LCD 15" SXGA+
Active LCD
13.3" XGA
Active LCD
Westinghouse 19"
Wide Screen LCD
Network Card Gigabyte PCI Gigabyte PCI 10/100 internal 10/100 PC 10/100 PCI
UPS/Battery 650 Watt 500 Watt 350 Watt/Battery Battery 650 Watt
Case Type Mid-Tower Mid-Tower Notebook Notebook Tower
Power Supply/Watt 250 Watt 250 Watt     200 Watt
Operating System Windows XP
Professional (SP3)
Windows XP
Professional (SP3)
Windows XP
Home (SP3)
Windows XP
Professional (SP3)
Windows XP
Professional (SP3)

 

workstations

Server 1
(aprs, www, ftp, fax,  network monitoring, data storage, network backup )
2
(weather,
home automation)
Processor/MHz (2) Intel
Pentium II/ 450
AMD
K6-2/300
Motherboard Compaq FIC 503+
rev 1.2a
Memory 768 MB 128 MB
Floppy Drive 3.5" 3.5"
Primary
Hard Drive(s)
(5) Compaq 9.1 GB Hot Swap SCSI 3 10 GB EIDE
8.4 GB EIDE
Controller Dual Channel
Wide-Ultra SCSI 3
Raid Array
 
Secondary
Hard Drive (s)
(7) Compaq 9.1 GB Hot Swap SCSI 3
in Compaq Storage System
 
CD Drive 24x IDE 16x IDE
DVD/CD-RW Drive    
Zip Drive    
Tape Drive 4 GB SCSI DAT  
Primary Video
(Chip/Memory)
Cirrus Logic 5446
4 MB PCI
ATI 8MB
AGP
Secondary Video
(Chip/Memory)
   
Sound Card Sound Blaster Live Value PCI Yamaha
PCI
Serial Port(s) 4-16550 2-16550
Parallel Port(s) 1 1
Game Port(s)   1
USB Port(s)    
SCSI Port(s) 50 pin internal
50 pin external
 
Other Port(s)    
Internet/
Modem
LAN
14.4 external
LAN
 
Monitor Dell 15" Shared
Network Card (2) Compaq NC3122 Fast Ethernet 10/100 PCI
(1) Netelligent 10/100 PCI
10/100 PCI
UPS/Battery 1100 Watt  
Case Type Rack Server Mid-Tower
Power Supply/Watt (3) Hot Swap 325 Watt 250 Watt
Operating System Windows 2000
Professional (sr4)
Windows XP
Professional (SP3)

Revised: 09/27/09
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