Don Higgins Hardware and Software Timeline |
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Year |
Where |
Hardware |
Software |
2021 |
Home |
DSH7
Dell Inspirion 27 All-in-one, Intel i7, 2.8 GHZ, 15 MB, 512 MB SSD, 1 TB HD,
Windows 11 |
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2021 |
Home |
CTH1
Dell Inspirion 24 All-in-one, Intel i7, 2.8 GHZ, 15 MB, 512 MB SSD, 1 TB HD,
Windows 10 |
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2020 |
Home |
Upgraded
Spectrum cable modem/router/phone from 200 to 400 Mbps. Added Google
Nest mesh Wi-Fi network to extend Wi-Fi throughout house to support streaming
TV replacing cable TV. Added Roku TV adaptors for older TV's without
smart Wi-Fi support. See my article on streaming TV. |
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2020 |
Laptop |
Apple
iPad-Pro |
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2018 |
Home
Office |
Dell
Inspirion 24 All-in-one, Intel i7 2.9 GHZ, 12 MB, 1 TB HD, 24" screen,
Windows 10, 4 year onsite warranty ($2000) |
Windows
10 Home Professional, McAfee, Office 365, Adobe DC, Expression Web 4 |
2014 |
Home
Office |
Dell
XPS 27 All-in-one desktop - Intel i7 3.1 GHZ, 16 MB, 2 TB HD, 27" touch
screen display, Windows 8.1, 4 year onsite warranty ($3000) |
Windows
8.1 home professional, McAfee, Office 365, Adobe Acrobat 11, MS Expression
Web 4 |
2014 |
Home
Office |
Dell
Inspirion 24 All-in-one desktop - Intel i3 3.4 GHZ, 8 MB, 1 TB HD, 24"
touch screen display, Windows 8.1, 4 year onsite warranty ($1000) |
Windows
8.1 home professional, McAfee, Office 365, Adobe Acrobat 11, MS Expression
Web 4 |
2014 |
Home
Office |
HP
8600 Officejet with fax ($100 upgrade from HP 6500 Officejet) |
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2013 |
Tablet |
iPad
with 9 inch screen ($800) |
Apple
OS, Kindle, Netflix |
2012 |
Laptop |
Dell
XPS 13 - Intel i7, 4 GB memory, 256 MB HD, 13 inch screen, 1 year warranty
($1000) |
Windows
7 Professional, Norton 360 |
2010 |
Home
Office |
Dell
XPS 9100 Desktop - Intel Core i7-960 3.2 GHZ processor, 8 GB memory, 2 - 1 TB
hard drives, 21.5" monitor, 3 year warranty ($2600) |
Windows
7 Professional, Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, Norton 360, J2SE,
Eclipse, InstallShield, FrontPage, z390 |
2007 |
Home Office |
HP
Pavilion Desktop - Intel Duo Core 2.1 GHZ, 2 GB memory, 400 GB hard drive, 3
year onsite warranty ($1800). |
Windows Vista, Norton Internet Security,
Microsoft Office 2007, J2SE, Eclipse, InstallShield, FrontPage, z390 |
Netgear Wireless LAN router. |
Western Digital My Book 500 GB network backup drive. |
2006 |
Home Office |
Dell Inspiration Laptop, Intel Duo Core 1.6 GHZ,
2 GB memory, 160 GB hard drive, 1 year warranty ($1800). |
Windows
XP, Norton Internet Security, Norton System Works, Microsoft Office 2003,
J2SE, Eclipse, InstallShield, FrontPage, z390, |
Ubuntu Linux |
2005 |
Home
Office |
Dell
Dimension E510 Desktop, Intel Duo Core 1.5 GHZ, 1 GB memory, 160 GB hard
drive, flat screen, 3 year onsite warranty ($2000). |
Windows
XP, Norton Internet Security, Norton System Works, Microsoft Office 2003,
J2SE, Eclipse, InstallShield, FrontPage, z390 |
2003 |
Home
Office |
Dell
Dimension 8250 Desktop, Intel Duo Core 1.5 GHZ, 1 GB memory, 200 GB hard
drive. |
Windows
XP, Norton Internet Security, Norton System Works, Microsoft Office 2003,
Mainframe Express |
2000 |
Home
Office |
Dell
XPS B100, Intel Pentium III 1 GHZ, 256 MB memory, 75 GB hard drive ($4000) |
Windows
2000, Office 2000, Norton Anti-Virus, MASM, Mainframe Express |
1998 |
Home
Office |
Dell
XPS D300, Intel Pentium II 300 MHZ, 64 MB memory, 10 GB hard drive, Syslink
Ethernet Router, Motorola Cable Modem ($4000). |
Window
NT, Office 1998, MASM, Mainframe Express, Road Runner Cable Internet Service |
1995 |
Home
Office |
Dell,
Intel Pentium II 166 MHZ, 64 MB memory, 2 GB hard drive ($4000). |
Window
NT, MASM |
1993 |
Home
Office |
Dell,
Intel 80486 100 MHZ, 32 MB memory, 500 MB hard drive ($4000). |
Window
NT, MASM |
1992 |
FPC |
IBM ES/900 820, 100 MIPS, 360 GB disk storage, 3710, 3 - HP
9000, Ethernet LAN, Wellfleet Routers, T1 WAN connecting 60+ district and
power plant LAN's with Wellfleet routers and total of 1200 NT PC's. |
IBM MVS, VTAM/NCP,
CICS, DB2, TSO, HP-UX, Customer/1, Foundation |
1991 |
Home
Office |
Dell,
Intel 80486 50 MHZ, 32 MB memory, 100 MB hard drive ($4000). |
Windows
3.1, MASM |
1988 |
Home
Office |
IBM
PS/2 Model 80, Intel 80386 16 MHZ, 16 MB memory, 30 MB hard drive ($5500). |
OS/2,
MASM |
1984 |
Home
Office |
IBM
PC/XT, Intel 8086/8087 4 MHZ, 640K memory, 10 MB hard drive, Hayes 1200 Baud
Modem ($5000). |
MSDOS,
MASM, Compuserve BBS Rotary Forum |
1983 |
FPC |
IBM 370-158 AP, 1.8 MIPS, 4 MB memory, 3705 |
IBM
OS/VS2, TCAM, CICS, TSO |
1980 |
FPC |
NAS AS/5 |
IBM OS/VS2 |
1980 |
Home
Office |
Radio
Shack TRS-80 Model II, Zilog Z80 4 MHZ, 64k memory, 4-512K 8" floppy
disk drives ($8000). |
Lifeboat
CP/M, Microsoft M80 Assembler |
1975 |
FPC |
IBM
2702 controller with modems for leased lines, 2741 terminals |
QTAM,
CICS, TSO |
1972 |
FPC |
IBM 360-50, 512K memory |
IBM OS/MFT |
1970 |
FPC |
IBM 360-30, 64K memory, 1287 optical scanner |
IBM TOS Tape Operating System, IBM Assembler |
1970 |
FPC |
IBM 360-20, 16K memory |
IBM COS Card Operating System, IBM RPG |
1968 |
ECI |
IBM 1130, 8K memory |
IBM FORTRAN |
1967 |
USF |
IBM 1410, 80K memory |
IBM
FORTRAN, IBM AUTOCODER |
1966 |
CR2 |
GE/PAC 4000, 16K drum, |
GE Automated Turbine Startup Process Control
Application in assembler |
Analog Computer to simulate boiler/turbine inputs |
1965 |
FPC |
IBM 1401, 16K memory |
IBM FORTRAN card based compiler |
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