Watchman
| Case |
CPU |
RAM |
H.D. |
Video |
Drives |
OS |
Sound |
Monitor |
Modem |
Network |
| Desktop |
PIII 450 |
256MB |
40GB |
Sis 6326-8mb |
31/2,51/4
36xCD |
W2K |
3d generic |
15" |
None |
10/100 |
The first watchman, was my attempt to put together a dedicated NT machine,
after my disappointing experience with dual booting Bigguy. It remained
my only NT workstation for over a year. This was, in part because of my
lack of familiarity with NT, and also because of NT's poor support for
direct-x, and it's lack of support for USB, and the difficulty it has running
DOS. The machine has undergone a major upgrade, essentially being rebuilt
with a new motherboard, CPU, hard drive, and video card. The memory has
also been upgraded. I have installed every piece of software I own on this
machine except for the games, many of which will still not run properly
under Windows 2000 (NT5). The system still uses the NTFS file system. In
every case, my programs run faster than in Windows 98/95/ME, in the case
of some graphics programs, the difference is startling. The network
name "watchman" is a reflection of my old plan to turn this machine into
a network server. This plan preceded my acquisition of NT server.