This webpage is about my personal interest, these are sometimes widely varied.   I will try to keep the content to mainly to computers (both old and new) and cars (my personal cars).

I currently work as a network engineer, and have a collection of classic Apple II computers and a network of modern computers in my home  I will also spend a little time on the network that connects my modern computers together.  

Classic Computers

I have a small collection of Apple II computers, the links below have information on each of those computers.

Apple II Platinum Computers

• AppIe IIe Platinum
  Customized Apple IIe Platinum production date of 25th week of 1993, one of the last IIe Platinums produced.  This machine was a spare from a school in New York.
• Apple IIc Plus
  The last of the Apple IIc line the IIc Plus had a built in accelerator (4mhz) and a 3.5" drive (versus the standard 5.25" drive).
• Apple IIgs Rom3
  The Apple IIgs was the last of the Apple II computers produced and the ROM3 was the last of that machine.  There was a later Prototype but they never made it into production.
• Apple IIx
  This version of the Apple II never actually was produced, but I feel should have, I based my build on IIx that was mentioned in the book Sophistication & Simplicity by Steven Weyhrich

Modern Computers

My modern computer network consist of a little over a dozen computers, which is a bit of over kill for a home network, but I find it to be fun and interesting to try out different things.   Most of the machines are low power draw and dedicated to a single purpose.

Intel NUC Units

• Intel NUC 5th Generation i7
  I use this machine as my current workstation.  I dont play games, so my general computing requirements are easily met with the power of this small workstation.
• InteL NUC 5th Generation i5
  This machine is running Windows Home Server (WHS 2011).   It acts a a central backup and storage machine for the home network.
• Intel NUC 4thGeneration i3
  Music server for my work area, it is currently running Daphile HiFi.

1U Rack Style Units

• 1U Supermicro Intel Atom based Machine
  This machine is the webserver that you are currently viewing this wepage from, it is running BlueOnyx webserver software version 5209R (the newest 64bit version)
• 1U custom buil Intel i5 Music Server
  Custom built 1U machine that is placed in my stereo rack, currently running VortexBox software.

Laptop Machines

• AppIe MacBook Air
  2015 Macbook Air with Intel i7 processor and 500Gb SSD drive.  Machine is setup to dual boot Mac OS X and Windows 9 Professional (default).   I use for field  / work as I can work with either system.

• Microsoft Surface Book
  Intel i7 processor and 500Gb SSD drive.  Microsoft Windows 10 Professional