it history

date description
mar 12 New TV/TFT monitor - Samsung T27A750
feb 12 Unfortunately the old Logitech Mouse worned out. Looking for a new one is tricky as most of the present models are too small (for my hands) or aret heavy enough to get a frim grip.
- Logitech Wireless M-RCQ142
- Logitech M100
Give the latter a try.
dec 11 Pure luck - I could get my hands on a Mark I Disk Pack. Used in Disk Storage Modules on IBM hosts.
jun 11 For my private hosting is the CISCO PIX 501 not state of the ART any more. Replaced it with a High-End FortiGate 110C from FortiNet.
may 11 time for a new printer too. one lets retire the HP LaserJet 2100TN from 1999 and go
on to a Kyocera FS-C5150DN color laser. Download Area (german)
socket://printer.example.com:9100/
apr 11 after 6 years I replace the old CISCO Pix 501 firewall
with a brand new Netgear WNDR3700 a N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
image - manual - firmware
feb 11 new selfmade server for a privat hosting
nov 10 Pimp up my companys notebook with a Seagate Momentus XT, 7200rpm, 32MB, 2.5", 500GB, SATA-II harddisk FAQ. This replaces the lame default Hitachi 160GByte from 2007.
july 10 New Samsung B5722 cell phone with a dual SIM feature.
Try combining private and business mobile phone.
apr 10 new notebook HP Compaq 615 - one of the very rare HP CPU based notebook without a windows tax ;-)
mar 10 Open plattform game handheld - called Dingoo A320
jan 10 Push the limits - add additional 2TByte disk storage using a Samsung HD203WI, F3, 5400rpm, 32MByte, 2TB, SATA-II, EcoGreen, NCQ
dec 09 New digi-cam Canon PowerShot S90 the successor of the older S80
USB to RS232/LPT converter for legacy devices from mosChip Type mcs7715
Microsoft is quite eager to make money... on Windows 7 64Bit - only Microsoft
signed drivers are allowed to run! But not all manufacture want to pay this fee
for every driver - so the tool Driver Signature Enforcement Override helps running unsigned drivers.
nov 09 Time to switch to x64 and 8GByte RAM - Gamers-Heaven game-machine.
oct 09 First experiences using satellite technologies
aug 09 Replaces my old firewire scanner with a new USB-2 on. An Epson V30
may 09 new hifi system from Denon
AVR-2309 | RC 7000 CI | RC 7000 RCI | how it works
The additional remote control has an USB interface an can be customized by a PC.
Much easier than configuring the remote using the remote :-)
As tuner an amplifier are combined - the famous ground-loop effect (german: 50Hz Brummschleife) appears - a Mantelstromfilter saves you the day
mar 09 Pimp my notebook with a 250GByte SSD Harddisk from OCZ
okt 08 Support the OpenSource - join the club... Openmoko Mobile - look here
later, added an external GPS antenne - HAMA GPS-Antenne, 2m with MMCX connector
sep 08 Replace the 10year old Zyxel Omni.Net ISDN-Model with a 2nd hand Zyxel Prestige 201 ISDN router.
aug 08 Build up an Internet Storage/NAS on a MSI Axis 700 barebone.
nov 07 Replacement of iPod nano - a new iPod Classic black 80GByte
sep 07 New Notebook HP Compaq 6715b
jan 07 Got a new cable modem that supports Voice-Over-Ip - a Thomson THG520
jul 06 a new big screen - a Samsung SyncMaster242MP.
jun 06 Canon S80 digicam - replaces my 6 year old Canon S10.
jan 06 New Sony Ericsson K750i cell phone that replaces my old Sony Ericsson T68i
Evolution TV Tuner/Recorder from Miglia - Records Composite/SVHS as DVD-compatible MPEG2
dec 05 New 15" Apple Powerbook - the last one based on PowerPC :-(
sep 05 New battery for my 15" PowerBook
Replacement of my 1. generation iPod - a new iPod Nano black 4GByte
may 05 I replaced the old low noise server with a dedicated firewall - a CISCO Pix 501.
manual (5MByte) - overview (0.2MByte)
oct 04 KiSS 558 Harddisk Recorder with network access
aug 04 With the release of Doom3, i thought would be nice to build a Gamers-Heaven game-machine.
oct 03 New powerbook.... Description
dec 02 New server - second hand Sun Server Appliance. Description
aug 01 Samsung 210T TFT replaces the old Miro CRT as big screen
mar 01 First little server built - used as network backup and firewall.
Hardware specification
feb 01 The Armada was too heavy, so I bought the new Titanium PowerBook G4.
Replaced SCSI Scanner and CD-Writer with a firewire scanner from UMAX Model 6450 and USB CD-Writer from HP 8200 Series plus.
Switched from dial-up (56K) to broadband (10MBit) internet access - got my new cabel modem a Terayon TeraPro
Get in love with a Logitech optical Mouse Model M-BD58
sep 00 Sony Ericsson T68i
Chipy PlugIn - SIM-Card reader from Becker & Partner GmbH
aug 00 Canon S10 digicam
mar 00 Start teaching - Compaq Notebook Armada Serie - 333MHz Pentium II with 6GByte Harddisk and 128 MByte RAM - new Printer - HP LaserJet 2100TN
How to reset JetDirect 600N
- Print configuration page: JOB-Cancel + OK
- Telnet to the given IP-address
  dhcp-config:1             or
  ip: a.b.c.d
  subnet-mask: 0.0.0.0
  defaut-gw: 0.0.0.0
  host-name: todo
aug 98 IBM Workpad (black cased Palm 3)
jun 98 Nintendo 64 (German)
Memory Pack and Games : Bomberman64 - Tetrisphere - ExtremG - Forsaken - Turok
feb 98 Switch to Apple - a PowerMac G3 300MHz with 1MByte onchip cache, 96MByte RAM.
ATI Rage 3D 6 MByte, alias ATI GT-B (1182x870 in highcolor) on Miro 19Zoll CRT (Page1/ Page2).
UltraWide SCSI Controller NCR 53C875 wizh IBM Harddisk DDRS-34560W and IBM Harddisk DDRS-39130D.
SCSI External Panasonic LF-D101 DVD-RAM 5.2GByte Drive and a Philips OMNIWriter CD-ReWriter
Upgrade to ISDN and 64KBit/sec - Zyxel Omni Net.d extern on RS232.
aug 95 My first own computer (pricelist) - Pentium 90MHz, 420MByte Hardisk (Page1/ Page2) and 48MByte RAM. I overclocked the computer to 100MHz so that the PCI-Bus runs at optimal 33MHz.
I later added a ATI Mach64 graphiccard with 2MByte RAM connected to an EIZO 17Zoll CRT and an Adaptec 2940 Fast SCSI-Card for a CD-Writer and a Syquest 270MByte drive.
Shortly after that a 1GByte SCSI Disk followed.
First Internet Access using 14.4 compatible modem an a offline-newsreader.
summer 93 Printerupgrade - HP Deskjet 550C
Gravis PC GamePad for playing Mortal Combat
summer 92 My brothers second computer - a noname 486er running at 33MHz and 16MByte RAM and 200MByte Harddisk. The used Trident SuperVGA runs at 1024x768 with 16Colors and 56Hz or better at 800x600 with 256Colors and 70Hz.
Later I added a second hand 80MByte HD and a brand new Logitech ScanMan Color 256.
90 Upgrade to VGA Monitor - 640x480 with 16Colors and 14Zoll CRT.
aug 87 First computer experiences by learning Pascal in school based on Olivetti M24 Computer using two 5 1/4 Zoll floppies
(1 with MsDos 2.0 und the other with Turbo Pascal v3 - little dictionary).
The Olivetti runs at 4.77 MHz and was attached to a monochrom green-black monitor.
References.... Computermuseum, Computermuseum-Muenschen or Old-Computers
oct 88 First computer experiences at home - noname 286-compatible 16MHz with 1MByte RAM and 80MByte Harddisk.
The monitor was orange-black ( Hercules 720x348 also known as HGC or MDA).
As printer worked an Epson 1224L (24 dot matrix printer).
oct 86 keep practising on a Brother LW-10 typewriter
(local reseller does a rebranding M-Office DW-10)
aug 86 Learned how to use a mechanical typewriter in 40 lesseons - manual / reference