As every computer geek, I also have a long history of used computers, which I publish here, to be able to look back what I used once.

This document also explains the origin of most computer names I have been using.

This site was originally know as tech.schottelius.org.

Servers

suppe.schottelius.org

First, in 1998, there was suppe.schottelius.org. It was my first webserver, dns-server and mail-server. I recieved it as a gift from a kindergarten, because it was too slow for them. The name is derived from the German phrase "suppelte herum", which means "is still working, but may break if you look at it too strong".

You actually should have seen it, it consisted of the following hardware:

Chassis:       Midi-Tower
Processor:     Intel Pentium 120Mhz
RAM:           48 MiB (16+16+8+8)
Harddisk:      2 GiB IDE (PIO mode/16Bit ;)
NIC:           Some 3Com PCI 10Mbit (3c509?)
CDROM:         Something like that appeared to be installed
Floppy         1x3,5" , 2x5,25"
  • Productive use: 2000 - 2003

bruehe.schottelius.org

Later, in 2003, suppe was replaced by bruehe. One day, broth ran into the bruehe, and bruehe is the German word for broth.

The first version of bruehe had the following technical features:

Chassis:          Midi-Tower
Processor:        Pentium3 550Mhz
RAM:              640 MB (256+128+128+128)
Harddisk (scsi):  3* 4 GB scsi-3 (raid 1, one spare disk)
Harddisk (ide):   3* 40 GB ide/udma100 (raid 1, one spare disk)
NIC (lan):        3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
NIC (dmz):        3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
NIC (inet):       Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
NIC (wlan):       Global Sun Technology Inc
Optical drive:    IDE DVD(+/-, R/RW,RAM) -Burner (old: 32x IDE)
Floppy:           removed (was: 1x3,5")

Later the one scsi and one ide drive was removed due to problems with the power supply. And an additional NIC was put into.

At the time bruehe was replaced by creme (see below) it became the firewall for the lan at home.

  • Productive use: 2003 - 2006

Bruehe is actually still in use, but only as a table below my desk.

creme.schottelius.org

Because a customer of me broke a contract, I had to keep a very nice dual Xeon server back. This one became creme.schottelius.org. The name comes from "creme de la creme" which means "one of the best".

Chassis:       2U
Processor:     Dual Single core Xeon 2.40 Ghz
RAM:           1024 MB (2*512)
Harddisk:      2* 80 GB ide/udma (raid1)
NIC:           2* Intel(R) PRO/1000
CDROM:         Slim line IDE 52x DVD
  • Productive use: 2005 - 2008

tee.schottelius.org

After creme, I bought a smaller 1U server with remote access. As it is smaller and thinner then creme, it was named tee. Here are the specs:

Chassis:       Intel S5000PAL
Processor:     Quad Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410  @ 2.33GHz
RAM:           20 GiB (2*2 GiB, 4*4 GiB)
Harddisk:      2* 500 GB sata (raid1)
Raid:          ARC-1210 4-Port PCI-Express to SATA RAID Controller
NIC:           2* Intel 80003ES2LAN (Gigabit)
CDROM:         Available
  • Productive use: 2008 - 2015

Data Center Light

Running servers for myself only was too easy. So in 2015 I started the Data Center Light project to offer a sustainable alternative to regular hostings for myself. And for everyone else who is interested in the future of our planet.

Notebooks

flapp.intern.schottelius.org

Flapp was my first notebook, a Acer Travelmate 524TEV. Quite a nice machine, bought with the first money I made.

Processor:       Intel Pentium III 650 Mhz with Speedstep
Ram:             64MB (max: 512MB)
HD:              10 GB, UDMA 33: IBM-DJSA-210
CD:              24x CD / 6x DVD: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8175
USB:             ALi M5237
Network:         Intel Ethernet Pro 100
VGA:             ATI 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x
PCMCIA:          O2 Micro OZ6933
IDE:             ALi M5229
Sound:           ALi 5451
Touchpad:        Synaptics
Modem:           Lucent SoftModem Version 3.1.66
Infrared:        Ali Fast Infrared
Display:         13.3" TFT
  • Productive use: 1998 - 2003

scice.intern.schottelius.org

After flapp died in 2003 (because tea ran into it), I bought scice. Scice is combined of "scientific" and "silence".

Scice has a Transmeta TM5400 processor and no active cooling. It was produced by ECS under the name of "A530".

Processor:     Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5600, 600Mhz
RAM:           128MiB (upgraded to 384MiB later)
Optical drive: DVD-ROM / CD-RW
Display:       14" TFT
Mouse input:   Touchpad
Other:         4x USB2.0
  • Productive use: 2003 - 2005

ei.intern.schottelius.org

Was an IBook G3. Background light broke / screen was unusable in 2005. It was able to suspend to RAM running Linux for weeks.

Processor:    Power PC
RAM: 320 MB
  • Productive use: 2004 - 2005

hydrogenium.intern.schottelius.org

When the battery of scice ended its life time about one year after I bought it, I decided to buy a used Compaq Evo N400C.

Processor:    Pentium III (Coppermine) 850 Mhz
Display:      12" TFT
  • Productive use: 2005 - 2008

wasserstoff.intern.schottelius.org

To be more precise, when I bought hydrogenium, I also bought wasserstoff, which is also a used Compaq Evo N400C. Wasserstoff is simply there to spend parts, when hydrogenium needs to have them replaced.

ast.intern.schottelius.org

Pentium 1 notebook. Never really used it productively, was thought to be a terminal. It also had the alias "alzheimer" as the main and the bios battery were both broken.

Processor: Pentium 1, 75 Mhz
RAM: ?
HD: 30 GB (yes, not originally and Bios sees only 8 GB ;-)
Vendor: AST

denkbrett.intern.schottelius.org

An IBM T60.

Processor:          Dual Core ..?
RAM:                3 GiB
HD:                 80 GB
Wireless-lan:       Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
  • Productive use: 2007 - 2008

ikn.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo Thinkpad X200. The name is derived from its main use in ETH Zürich, "Informatikkoordinator Nico".

Processor:       Dual Core Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8400  @ 2.26GHz
RAM:             4 GiB
HD:              250 GB SATA
Graphics card:   Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
Wireless-lan:    Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5300
Ethernet:        Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit
Display:         12"
  • Productive use: 2008 - 2010

kobold.intern.schottelius.org

An IBM X31 running as wireless access point, router, firewall, fileserver (three usb harddrives connected, running raid5 under the crypt layer) and video player.

Processor:       Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz
RAM:             1 GiB
HD:              40 GB
Graphics card:   ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP)
Wireless-lan:    Atheros AR5212 802.11abg
Ethernet:        Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile)
  • Productive use: 2009 - 2011

kr.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo Thinkpad X201. The name is an abreviation for "klapprechner", the German translation for "notebook".

Processor:       Dual Core Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520  @ 2.40GHz (4 threads)
RAM:             4 GiB
HD:              500 GB SATA
Graphics card:   Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
Wireless-lan:    Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series
Ethernet:        Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network
Display:         12", LED backlight
  • Productive use: 2010 - 2011

tablett.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo T60. Used for putting glasses on it. Changed in 2020 to be used as a NAT64 translator.

  • Productive use: 2011 - now

fernseher.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo T6?.

  • Productive use: unknown

kino.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo T61p.

  • Productive use: unknown

brief.intern.schottelius.org

An Apple Mac Book Air 4,2 given to me by my employer. The name is the German name for "letter". Similar to "ei", I was running Linux on this computer. However compared to the original iBook, this computer was way harder to get properly running under Linux due to a custom EFI implementation and lack of stable drivers for the wifi card.

Processor:       Dual Core Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2677M CPU @ 1.80GHz (4 threads)
RAM:             4 GiB
HD:              256 GB SSD
Graphics card:   Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Wireless-lan:    Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
Ethernet:        No ethernet
Display:         13", LED backlight, 1440x900
  • Productive use: 2011 - 2013

matte.intern.schottelius.org

I got a Dell System XPS L321X as a present from Dell after some almost failed negotiations. As its exterior is matt grey and as an ultrabook it is pretty slim, it was named matte (German for "mat").

Processor:       Dual Core Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz
RAM:             4 GiB
HD:              128 GB SSD
Graphics card:   Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Wireless-lan:    Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak] (rev 34)
Ethernet:        No ethernet
Display:         13", LED backlight
  • Productive use: 2012 - 2012

bento.intern.schottelius.org

Lenovo X1 Carbon, 1st gen. Very small SSD. Used together with a HUGE SD card to store pictures on, which disconnected on suspend to ram...

Processor: Intel Core i7­3667U (Dual Core)
RAM: 8 GiB
HD: 256GB SSD
HD: 256GB SD card (very slow)
Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 14.0", 1600 x 900
  • Productive use: 2013 - 2014

artist.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro. The mainboard died within a few months and there was no replacement or repair available. Lenovo gave a full refund.

Display: 13", 3200x1800, touch screen
  • Productive use: 2014 - 2014

gold.intern.schottelius.org

This was a Dell E7440 test device. Various problems with the speaker, even headset almost inaudible.

Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 73)
  • Non productive use: 2014 - 2014

freiheit.intern.schottelius.org

This was an X240 with an impressive run time with an internal and external battery that could be exchanged. With 3 batteries, it achieved the 13h+ run time. No charger required during the day.

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4300U CPU @ 1.90GHz (4 cores)
RAM: 8GB
HD:  1TB SSD

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller (rev 0b)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 0b)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB xHCI HC (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series HECI #0 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I218-LM (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series HD Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev e4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev e4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB EHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series SMBus Controller (rev 04)
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5227 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 83)
  • Productive use: 2014 - now

wurzel.intern.schottelius.org

This was a Lenovo X1 Carbon, 3rd gen. Died first time in November 2015.

Processor: i7-5500U, 2.4 / 3.0 GHz
RAM: 8GB
HD: 512 GB SSD
Display: 14", 2560 x 1440
Graphics card: Intel HD 5500
  • Productive use: 2015 - 2017

manager.intern.schottelius.org

A Dell Latitude 5285, basically a tablet with quite-okay keyboard. Always almost fell from my lap once using in the train. Replaced for sanity with an X1 Carbon afterwards. First device with 16GB RAM.

RAM: 16 GB SSD: 512GB

  • Productive use: 2017 - 2018

line.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th generation. Works ok, until too many browsers are open. Loud speakers almost existent.

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz (4C / 8C hyperthreading)
RAM: 16 GiB
HD: 512GB SSD
Graphics card: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)
Wireless lan: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)
Ethernet: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (4) I219-LM (rev 21)
(needs a dongle)
Display: 14"
  • Productive use: 2018 - 2020

snow.intern.schottelius.org

A HP EliteBook x360 1040 G5. High frequency sound when display brightness was not 0 or 100%. Had to return because of the annoying noise.

CPU: i7-8650U
RAM: 32GB
HD: SSD PCIe 1TB
Display: 14", UHD, touch
  • Non-productive use: 2019 - 2019

diamond.intern.schottelius.org

A Dell XPS 13 2-in-1. First device with 32GB RAM. Returned in 2020 due to massive keyboard problems.

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz (8 threads) RAM: 32 GiB HD: 1 TB SSD Display: 13.4", 3840x2400 resolution

[14:17] diamond:~% lspci | grep -i -e net -e vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 8a52 (rev 07) 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 34f0 (rev 30)

  • Productive use: 2019 - 2020

bridge.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo T490s. An in-between device ("bridge") as there is no high-DPI resolution computer available that is light enough.

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8665U CPU @ 1.90GHz RAM: 32 GiB HD: 512 GB SSD Display: 14", 1920x1080 resolution

  • Production use: 2020 - now

hike.intern.schottelius.org

A GPD Pocket 2 for hiking. Small enough to fit into any bag/pocket for hiking.

RAM: 8GB SSD: 256GB Display: 7 Inch CPU: Intel Celeron 3965Y

  • Production use: 2020 - now

nb1.intern.schottelius.org

This is a bit funny - it's an older Lenovo X1 Carbon, Gen 1. I bought it to compensate the frequent failures of the T490s and use it while the T490s is in repair. The SSD is not an NVMe, but connected via SATA.

RAM: 8GB SSD: 256GB Display: 14", 1600x900 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3427U CPU @ 1.80GHz

Also the first noteboot to deviate from the naming scheme.

  • Production use: 2021 - now

nb2.intern.schottelius.org

A Lenovo T490s. As the bridge notebook (see above) broke already shortly after buying it (including a repair shortly afterwards) I added another T490s to the pool as a backup for the T490s. This one surprisingly came with a touch screen, which unfortunately is rather dimm.

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8365U CPU @ 1.60GHz RAM: 16 GiB HD: 512 GB SSD Display: 14", 1920x1080 resolution, touch screen

  • Production use: 2021 - now

nb3.intern.schottelius.org

This is a first gen Lenovo X1 Nano with only 2 USB-C ports. Primary usage for working outside, as it has a bright display and is light (sub 1kg). Surprisingly the keyboard is superior to both X1 carbon as well as T490s.

RAM: 16GB SSD: 1TB Display: 13", 2160 x 1350, "up to 450 nit" CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1160G7 @ 1.20GHz

  • Production use: 2021 - now

Workstations/Desktops

Systems I used as workstations:

ozean.intern.schottelius.org

My first own computer was a Pentium 1 bought from Aldi. Before that I used my father's computer. The case of that computer was painted blue with penguins on it by a friend of mine. That case actually become the case of bruehe later. Currently I do not even remember the naem I gave that box.

Processor: Pentium 1, 166 Mhz
Harddisk: 700 MB + 1 GB SCSI (exchanged the 4 GB IDE HD that came with it)
RAM: around 16 MiB
Graphics card: ATI with 2 MiB
CD-ROM: Single speed SCSI with caddy running at triple speed


* Productive use: ???? - ~2000

eiche.intern.schottelius.org

Then my father gave me his old computer for present, which was named eiche (oak in English), because it has a big-tower case.

Processor:       Intel Pentium IV (mostly running at 80 C)

buche.intern.schottelius.org

buche replaced eiche on 2006-06-10, because the mainboard of eiche had some problems with the Promise IDE controller. buche should now be the file and backup server for the people living in our home.

Processor:     AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, 800Mhz
RAM:           1152MiB
Optical drive: DVD-RAM (CD-RW, DVD+/-R/RW)
NIC:           3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone]
IDE:           2x onboard, 4x on Promise PDC20270 (TX4)
Other:         4x USB2.0, 4xUSB1.1

* Productive use: at least in 2007

dosinux.intern.schottelius.org

Midi tower used for gaming. Name is a combination of "dos on unix", because I used dosbox to run old games on it. The case was bought from Dicks Computer Dienst, with a blue handle.

grauerstar.intern.schottelius.org

Nice workstations from HP, a HP J6000 featured with a HPPA processsor. I was running it with both Debian and Gentoo.

Processor:    Dual PA8600 (PCX-W+), 552 Mhz
HD:           18 GiB SCSI (SCA)
  • Used: ~2006 - ~2008 (unclear)
  • No real productive use, just played around with it.

grauerklon.intern.schottelius.org

Same machine as grauerstar. Just bought two of them, you never know how many HPPAs you need, don't you?

loch.intern.schottelius.org

A fileserver that contains 6x 3.5" HDs.

Processor: AMD E-350
RAM: 8GB
Disk original: 6x1TB (upgraded to 6x6TB over the years)
  • Production use: ca. 2012 - now

Embedded

zwerg.schottelius.org

My first embedded device to play around with. Data mostly copied from www.soekris.com:

266 Mhz NSC SC1100 single chip processor
256 Mbyte SDRAM, soldered on board
4 Mbit BIOS/BOOT Flash
CompactFLASH Type I/II socket
UltraDMA-33 interface with 44 pins connector for 2.5" Hard Drive
3 10/100 Mbit Ethernet ports, RJ-45
2 Serial ports, DB9 and 10 pins header
USB 1.1 interface
Power LED, Activity LED, Error LED
Mini-PCI type III socket. (t.ex for optional hardware encryption.)
PCI Slot, right angle 3.3V signaling only, dual PCI slot option planned.
12 bit general purpose I/O, 20 pins header
Temperature and voltage monitor
Hardware watchdog
Board size 5.2" x 5.7"
Power using external power supply is 6-20V DC, max 15 Watt
Option for 5V supply using internal connector
Operating temperature 0-60 °C

katze.schottelius.org

After a flash of lightning, zwerg died and was replaced by katze, a Soekris Net5501. Data again mostly copied and edited from Soekris.com:

500 Mhz AMD Geode LX single chip processor with CS5536 companion chip
512 Mbyte DDR-SDRAM, soldered on board
4 Mbit BIOS/BOOT Flash
CompactFLASH Type I/II socket.
UltraDMA-100 interface with 44 pins connector for 2.5" Hard Drive
Serial ATA 1.0 interface for Hard Drive, with +5V and +12V power header
1-4 VIA VT6105M 10/100 Mbit Auto MDIX Ethernet ports, RJ-45, protected to 700W/40A Surge
2 Serial ports, DB9 and 10 pins internal header
USB 2.0 interface, one internal, one external port
Power LED, Disk LED, Error LED, Network LED's
Mini-PCI type III socket. (for t.ex. hardware encryption or wireless controller)
PCI Slot, right angle 3.3V signaling only, dual PCI slot option
12 bit general purpose I/O, 20 pins header
Temperature and voltage monitor
Hardware watchdog
Board size 6.3" x 6.5"
Power using external power supply is 6-25V DC, max 20 Watt, protected with TVS
Option for 5V supply using internal connector
Operating temperature 0-60 °C