http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/ 2012-05-19T15:50:01-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/ http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/lib/tpl/default/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-02-18T22:57:01-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/compaq_deskpro?rev=1298087821&do=diff August, 1985 6Mhz 8086 128KB RAM 20MB Disk 5.25” 1.2MB Floppy (two) 320×200 monochrome graphics\ 14” amber monitor 6MHz NEC V30 640KB RAM\ 3.5” 1.44MB Floppy 640x480x16 graphics 15” NEC MultiSync monitor My first computer. When Microsoft announced the Mach 20 accelerator board (an ISA card containing a 286 processor, for running OS/2), I was greatly disappointed to learn that it wouldn't work in my computer: the Mach 20 had a cable that plugged into the motherboard's CPU socket, and… text/html 2012-02-05T13:07:48-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/computers?rev=1328465268&do=diff 1985 - Compaq Deskpro 1989 - The Golem 1993 - Zod 1998 - Pox (1998) 2000 - Nessus 2006 - Mork 2009 - Pox (2009) 2011 - Mongo text/html 2011-10-02T10:18:25-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/genealogy?rev=1317565105&do=diff Interesting items collected during my genealogical researches. Counties Illinois White County Indiana Lake County Parke County Posey County Families start start start start start start start Individuals Most of these people are related, by blood or marriage; but not all. In some cases, a connection is suspected but has not been adequately documented. The more recent items - in general, anything less than twenty-five years old - are restricted, to respect the privacy of the next … text/html 2012-02-05T13:15:26-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/mongo?rev=1328465726&do=diff December, 2011 MacBook Pro (17") 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3 750GB HD None (yet). Hoping to upgrade to 16GB once prices fall a bit more. And a 1TB (or larger) disk would be nice. Named 'mongo' after the character in Blazing Saddles. text/html 2011-02-18T23:20:20-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/mork?rev=1298089220&do=diff Purchased March, 2006 Initial Configuration Upgrades Comments My first Macintosh. text/html 2011-02-18T23:18:25-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/nessus?rev=1298089105&do=diff December, 1999 to August, 2000 Dual Pentium III, 550MHz 256MB RAM 20GB disk 3.5” 1.44MB floppy 1152x864x16M video My first (and, so far, only) dual-processor computer. I named it nessus, after the two-headed alien in Larry Niven's novel Ringworld. text/html 2011-02-18T23:13:35-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/pox_1998?rev=1298088815&do=diff January, 1998 This was the first purchase I ever made from a web site. Dell Inspiron 3000 266MHz Pentium 144MB RAM 4GB Disk 1024x768x64K video 6GB Disk I had the notion that a portable computer would be Really Cool - I could take it to work, or on vacation, etc., etc. - but other than a few months in early 1998 when I occasionally took it to work, it never left my desk. text/html 2011-02-18T23:26:41-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/pox_2009?rev=1298089601&do=diff August, 2009 ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BU 2GB RAM My first netbook. I decided to resurrect the name 'pox', previously applied to the Dell Inspiron 3000 notebook I bought way back in 1998. text/html 2011-02-19T09:15:23-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/start?rev=1298124923&do=diff Here is some Genealogy stuff. Or, here is where some genealogy stuff will be, someday. Here is some other stuff. Or, here is where some other stuff will ... you get the idea. Have I mentioned Computers? text/html 2011-02-18T23:02:24-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/the_golem?rev=1298088144&do=diff February, 1989 16MHz 386 1MB RAM 100MB Disk 5.25” 1.2MB Floppy 640x480x16 graphics 15” NEC MultiSync monitor Intel 'Panther' CPU replacement 9MB RAM Named “The Golem,” since it was constructed from random parts. My first experiment in computer-building. It went pretty well. text/html 2011-02-18T23:07:49-04:00 http://www.patrick-rice.net/wiki/zod?rev=1298088469&do=diff March, 1993 66MHz 486DX2 16MB RAM 325MB Disk 5.25” 1.2MB Floppy 3.5” 1.44MB Floppy 800x600x256 video 83MHz Pentium OverDrive 64MB RAM 1.6GB + 2.0GB Disk NEC CD-ROM drive NEC MultiSpin CD-ROM changer 1024x768x64K video 17” MAG monitor