The Ugliest Computer Setup Ever

[Shurikane]

After moving into the new house, there lay a problem. The antenna was missing and thus no TV. My Anime was on my 933 compy, and therefore I had to set it up.

TA-DA!

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/01.txt

Zee the zombie-like head on the screen? That's my 933 active. Managed to watch 5 episodes of Samurai Depper Kyo with it. Comfy stuff. BUT!

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/02.txt

Desk. Must assemble!

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/03.txt

Bed! Must put together!

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/04.txt

Along with more shit to clean up elsewhere in the house...

Now, my fabulous idea was to put my desk this way:

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/05.txt

My mom absolutely wanted it this way though:

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/06.txt

She had even gone so far as to arrange the lighting and the power plugs to fit it this way, despite my many warnings that I was gonna put the desk my way. She claimed it was impossible, and yet I went away with my plan. I told her I appreciated the help, but I had a design in my head, and I would put it to reality come hell or high water!

[Shurikane]

And thus, I began moving shit around...

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/07.txt

Parenthesis. The old house had a great view of Montreal's skyline since we were on a hill. Now all we see is this. Meh:

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/08.txt

TA-DA!

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/09.txt

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/10.txt

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/11.txt

Two white Dell compies next to each other in the most unfriendly way, with my portable, my monitors, my printer, my old phone and my speakers somewhere along all that.

But wait! What is this cord that goes outta my room?

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/12.txt

Follow the white cord!

[Shurikane]

All the way to the mech room...

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/13.txt

To THIS.

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/14.txt

Yes, you saw right. Router and DSL modem on top of a FREEZER in the mech room.

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/15.txt

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/16.txt

And along with an Ethernet cable setup we had done before the builders had stuck gyproc all over the place.

And this is how I realized the ugliest computer setup ever. Mom still can't believe it. It really is fucking ugly.

[TwisT]

BFD.....so you know how to hook it all up.......YEA!!!!!Now try cleanin up that pig sty.....then post some pics!

[mariusthegreat]

BFD.....so you know how to hook it all up.......YEA!!!!!Now try cleanin up that pig sty.....then post some pics!
lol...

anyways...that sux that you had to run all the cat5 ethernet cable from the outside...here are a few pics from the cabling i ran at home...

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable.jpg
this was up in the plenum....i was on the ladder about 8 feet up....

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable1.jpg
plenum using studs and tie wraps to keep everything neat..

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable2.jpg
here..we have three rooms and garage...you can bearly tell tho..

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable3.jpg
here is my "junction" box" with all the left over cable...i kinda mis-calculated the amount of cable needed...had tons left..

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable4.jpg
junction box nice and neat..

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable5.jpg
rg6 and cat5e all around...

[YUCK FOU!!!]

All the way to the mech room...

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/13.txt

To THIS.

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/14.txt

Yes, you saw right. Router and DSL modem on top of a FREEZER in the mech room.

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/15.txt

http://www.geocities.com/psowstats/WTF/16.txt

And along with an Ethernet cable setup we had done before the builders had stuck gyproc all over the place.

And this is how I realized the ugliest computer setup ever. Mom still can't believe it. It really is fucking ugly.
what a plan

[_pissed_biotch_]

wow such pretty pics of all that colorful string and the messy house.**gets hypnotized by prettiness and falls over**.......................

[mariusthegreat]

here are some pics my setup ..as of tonite...i might change things around a bit next week when we move into our new house...
http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/mysetup.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/mysetup2.jpg

[Icarus]

That's a freakin' ton of wiring! We just plug in to the phone lines... 56k. Being behind the times is fun :thumbsup:

And yes, my 56k did take about a minute and a half to load this page. Its cool like that.

Errm, and what's the advantage of two computers/monitors? I just have one...

[mariusthegreat]

well i have a digital dvi from my old setup.and a new vga from dell....
it works great for video editing...web editing...photo editing...having a large display area is great....watch a dvd on one side....and chat on the other....ive got all my messengers on one side...winamp...network monitors....and my regular windows on the other side...

[_pissed_biotch_]

well i have a digital dvi from my old setup.and a new vga from dell....
it works great for video editing...web editing...photo editing...having a large display area is great....watch a dvd on one side....and chat on the other....ive got all my messengers on one side...winamp...network monitors....and my regular windows on the other side...

oooooo me sees.have you ever typed something in the wrong computer?

[mariusthegreat]

well its the same computer....two diff. monitors...dual output....and ive got my 32" tv connected to it too....i also play flight sim a lot too..so flip the input on the tv and fly a 747 on the tube....good stuff...

[Icarus]

well i have a digital dvi from my old setup.and a new vga from dell....
it works great for video editing...web editing...photo editing...having a large display area is great....watch a dvd on one side....and chat on the other....ive got all my messengers on one side...winamp...network monitors....and my regular windows on the other side...

So basically, if you move your mouse off of one screen, it goes on to the other?

That's cool. I've got a fairly large monitor, but I can't find the tape measure right now. I'm running 1152 by 864 resolution, yours (and Shurikane's, if he has the same kinda thing going on) must be huge.

Also, you should move your phone away from your speaker... it'll sound like somebody lifted a blanket off of it :thumbsup:

[mariusthegreat]

thanks....ive never really encountered any phone problems.......will do tho....anyways...yeah thats how my output works out....heres a pic of what it looks like as a print screen....ive got both resolutions at 1280x1024
http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/background.JPG

[Icarus]

Actually, that's pretty damn cool. I'm not sure if it would work out for me (I probably would neglect one screen or the other for long periods of time), though.

Shurikane, with that much cable, you've got to have horrible connection speeds... or so I'd think.

[mariusthegreat]

yeah..it is pretty damn cool...:] if you have an extra pci card..you can dump it in there..it should work...i know win2k and above handle it...

[Icarus]

Hmm. My (limited) knowledge of computers is almost all software-oriented, and I don't even have any idea what a pci card is :thumbsup:

Either way, my family would probably go ballistic. "WTF SOS LOLL???!!!!!!! Y is tehre a SECOND minotaur? Wut does it do?>?. Srry im noob"

They actually talk like that. Plus, I don't have a second monitor to begin with.

[mariusthegreat]

hehe...i meant to say..pci video card...assuming the one you have is AGP...anyways....yeah its kewl man....two monitors n shit......
...now this is what i call a thread hijack...

[TwisT]

lol...

anyways...that sux that you had to run all the cat5 ethernet cable from the outside...here are a few pics from the cabling i ran at home...

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable.jpg
this was up in the plenum....i was on the ladder about 8 feet up....

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable1.jpg
plenum using studs and tie wraps to keep everything neat..

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable2.jpg
here..we have three rooms and garage...you can bearly tell tho..

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable3.jpg
here is my "junction" box" with all the left over cable...i kinda mis-calculated the amount of cable needed...had tons left..

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable4.jpg
junction box nice and neat..

http://www.geocities.com/astroman_k/cable5.jpg
rg6 and cat5e all around...

Now that's perdy....two thumbs up.......

[mariusthegreat]

thanks!...ill go over and take pictures of the junction box with the patch panel and 66 block all setup....its nniiicceeeee...

[Shurikane]

Actually, my speed is all right. And I run 1024 X 768. :P

[mariusthegreat]

youve got two different boxes....what OS?

[morelos]

that's not bad, guys. i like both your setups. shurikane, can i recommend some zip-ties (cable ties) to clean up those loose wires?

you guys have all already seen my credenza, so i won't re-post it. here is a bit of how my server rack attaches to the rest of the house, though.

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/wire1.jpg

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/wire2.jpg

into the closet; i hate a mess.

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/wire3.jpg

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/wire4.jpg

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/wire5.jpg

[morelos]

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/wire6.jpg

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/wire7.jpg

hard to even see the bit that runs along the floor because it's bound into a tight round bit and runs perfectly straight along the floor.

now here's my pc setup:

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/setup1.jpg

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/setup2.jpg

note the way those wires underneath are ziptied makes it so i can slide the box from where it is all the way to the rightmost part of under the table, or entirely out from under the table. if i unplug stuff, it's almost like a docking station because the wire bundle will keep its shape for when i plug it all back in, and the plastic chest of drawers is on casters so i can slide it out. it all worked out to be a lot better than i expected it to be.

you can see the docking station for my laptop there in both pics, but i'll take a closer-up shot of it here:

http://www.fruzzetti.org:8080/pics/2004-aug/wires/lappy.jpg

anyway, that's my setup.

~ dan ~

[morelos]

btw, all the wiring between rooms in this house happened UNDER the house. pulling cable under a house sucks, but it was the only option, considering the house is as old as eniac.

[_pissed_biotch_]

btw, all the wiring between rooms in this house happened UNDER the house. pulling cable under a house sucks, but it was the only option, considering the house is as old as eniac.

how old?my house was built in i think 1936...yeah thats it bcuz the garage was built about 5 years later and the date on the garage floor is 10/21/41...yeah....sorry i'm bored and i cant get my damn garage open to use some of my energy on my weight bag and speed bag.damn key...i cant find it :mad:

[DropAcid]

Oh God:

Do we really need to see how the wiring in your house is run? Boring.. No ranting no jokes and how clever do you have to be to post a picture on the internet?

[morelos]

Do we really need to see how the wiring in your house is run? Boring.. No ranting no jokes and how clever do you have to be to post a picture on the internet?

omg; no ranting and no jokes in a forum called "chit chat?!?!"

WAIT, I CAN READ?!?!?

[Descent]

MY super l33t setup:

http://goa.fragism.com/DCP_0106.JPG
http://goa.fragism.com/DCP_0107.JPG
http://goa.fragism.com/DCP_0108.JPG

The black Dell computer up top is my Teamspeak server...The blue computer with the window and lights is my main box...the beige computer is the shitbox I built out of some spare parts last week...It has a Pentium-133 (OCed to 166) in it...

The two Altec Lansing speakers/subwoofer I use for the TS server...my main box's audio is the headset on top of my VCR, and a set of Paradigm speakers wired through a Pioneer reciever...Those provide me with flawless uncolored audio.

The shitbox remains unhooked because I need a serial mouse for it...that and the fact that my KVM switch only supports two computers.

The TS server and my main box are connected to an 802.11B wireless network, via two Belkin USB wireless adapters (and no, they don't lag).

My laptop is not in the picture, but it is on my desk. It needs a new keyboard so it is really out of view.

On my TV cart is a Genesis, Dreamcast, SNES, Sega Nomad, Namco 4-in-1 TV games, Atari 10-in-1 TV games, a Toshiba DVD player, a Panasonic VCR, a Playstaion 1, two computer joysticks, a DirecTV reciever, and a cheap Chinese Apex 20" TV that does the job quite well.


Shurikane, I feel sorry for you...it must really suck having such a crappy setup for your PC's. Good luck in getting it fixed.

[Broken]

omg; no ranting and no jokes in a forum called "chit chat?!?!"

WAIT, I CAN READ?!?!?

NO please show us more pictures of wires.. WOW Chit chat at it's best.

[morelos]

NO please show us more pictures of wires.. WOW Chit chat at it's best.

i actually thought it was a nifty conversation - people were saying "here's how this looks" and others were responding with "wow, that's cool" or "neat, how did you do that" and stuff.

it's just about sharing ideas, which is beneficial to everyone.

[Descent]

Yes Morelos. Now everyone, lets get back on topic!

[Shurikane]

My setup may be ugly, but guess what, I LOVE it! I hate group-up plastic thingies and all that shit.

OS: 800 runs on Windows 2000. 933 runs on Windows ME until I reformat it...

[mariusthegreat]

Windows ME
Oh man..someone deserves as ass whoppin....Win ME?!?!?!? you ought to be ashamed of yourself.....

[Shurikane]

That's what the compy had originally come up with. It was all I had to work with originally, so I was forced to cope with that. Later on, father got pissed, threw away my old HD and put a new one back in for reasons I don't need to explain. Computer was put offline from the net as well, leaving me with an impossible-to-corrupt Windows ME. :P Never bothered to install something else since offline, it was just stable and could usually last a week before freezing.

By my standards, a week is a fucking miracle for anything below Win2000.

I soon plan to format that 933 to put Win2000 on it, but first I need to go buy a KVM switch to clean up my desk, and also I need to figure out where I'm up to with new computer stuff. If I don't get a new one right away, the reformat can wait...

[BRiT]

NO please show us more pictures of wires.. WOW Chit chat at it's best.

You do know it's not manditory to read every single message ever posted... right?

[MaxPower]

http://www.hpmuseum.org/ec1323q.jpg

[Zickddot]

http://www.hpmuseum.org/ec1323q.jpg


wow so damn hightech.....what's it do?

[MaxPower]

It's actually one of the first calculators. That's all it does. Not even a scientific calc with log and sin. just add, sub, mult, and div.

[BRiT]

You youngin, here's what I have...

http://www.worldofnumbers.com/abacus.gif

[MaxPower]

You youngin, here's what I have...

http://www.worldofnumbers.com/abacus.gif


Don't make me whip out my slide rule BRiT.

[Zickddot]

i wish god would smite the both of you!

[BRiT]

Don't make me whip out my slide rule BRiT.

Abaci have been around before slide-rules...

[Broken]

:mfinger: :mfinger: Came before both so :mfinger:

[dustinzgirl]

NO please show us more pictures of wires.. WOW Chit chat at it's best.

I was impressed. And, everyones desks are cleaner than mine, so I will not be posting pick of my set up. because it is embarassing. just imagine a computer on a desk surrounded by cofee cups. and toys.

[Descent]

Sexual toys?

Like Amazing Wireless Vibrating Eggs?

[_Kitana_]

I was impressed. And, everyones desks are cleaner than mine, so I will not be posting pick of my set up. because it is embarassing. just imagine a computer on a desk surrounded by cofee cups. and toys.


hehe

DG

My Desk

[Descent]

Holy shit.