Equipment for home lab

[darmstadt]

x236 running SusE 10.1 with multiple copies of zOS, zVM, zVSE and zLinux
T43p running SuSE 10.2 with zOS and zVM
T60p with 3 hard drives running SuSE 10.1 with zOS, zVM, zVSE, zLinux and WinXP
1 PC running Windows
1 PC running Windows but also acts as a telly
1 PC running various versions of Linux for testing
1 PC running SCO Unixware
3 printers, numerous USB devices and networking stuff

Coming soon:

P550 with AIX 5.5L
T61p
2 * x232 servers with Redhat and SuSE 10.2

[wendigo100]

darm, do you shift all that stuff around europe on your travels?

[darmstadt]

Normally just the 2 laptops (they run every operating system I require) but sometimes the x236 will be put in the boot of the car for conferences of big customer demos. The p550 will also go the same way but I don't know how I'm going to get it in the car as they weigh a ton.

[BoredBloke]

I have one high spec pc - one lowish one and a laptop and a KVM switch

[chicane]

Where did you buy your server Chicane?

Bought it direct from Dell at the beginning of this year. So far so good, it's been a sound investment.

[DieScum]

So you found Dell to be ok for price?

As I say that is something I have priced.

Interesting that most of you guys use all physical machines. Anyone taken steps towards virtualising their home labs? If not, why not?

[zeitghost]

Avometer Model 8
Avometer Model 7 (x2)
2.5kV electrostatic voltmeter
Marconi 2955A radio test set.
HP8590A spectrum analyser
Tektronix 465 scope with only one channel working (but lovely none the less)
Hitachi V212 20MHz dual channel scope
Maplin timer/counter
HP3586A selective level meter
30kV eht meter
Cossor CDU150 dual channel scope
Farnell Dual psu
Kingshill Psu
Fluke 8010a dvm
Farnell TM8 true rms sampling rf millivolt meter
Marconi TF2600B video voltmeter
TV pattern generator
Home made audio oscillator
Farnell LFM4 audio oscillator
Marconi TF2700 bridge
Farnell TM2 AC/DC voltmeter
Telequipment CT71 curve tracer
Crash Barrier EM3 eprom emulator
HP3400A true rms voltmeter (x2)
Dataman Eprom programmer/emulator
Racal RA17L rx
Racal RA17K rx
Racal RA37 LF converter
Assorted DVMs
Digital LCR meter
AC/DC current clamp
Coline x1000 scope probe (this really impresses the girlies )
HP attenuators (x2)
Assorted obsolete PCs.
Tektronix TD200 dual channel scope
Vellerman "personal" portable scope (crap).
4 in 1 environmental measurement meter thingy light/heat/humidity/soundlevel)
Murphy B40 Naval rx. (weight 114lb).
Assorted rxs I can't be arsed to read the numbers off.
Eprom eraser.

HTH.

[zeitghost]

Oh, I forgot the 40 years of Wireless World that lives under my desk.

[wendigo100]

My god, zeity, nostalgic or what! I'm back in the labs at Marconi!

[zeitghost]

I feel sure that the labs at Marconi weren't graced with a Murphy B40 or a pair of Racal RA17s...

And there's more upstairs...