Phone, TV & Co.

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro smartphone, Aurora Blue ^{(or was it Tropical Green...?)}; 128 GB internal memory, 64 GB microSD card; running Android 12 w/ MIUI Global 13.0.2 & loads of bloat removed
  • Now in the second of a certain kind of blue, rugged-looking-but-just-plastic, no-name phone case w/ ring
• Anker Soundcore Q20i wireless headphones, Blue, w/ active noise cancelling
• Samsung LE46C750R2W 46-inch LCD TV, 1080p & 3D-capable; analog, DVB-C and DVB-T tuner; recording functionality
  • Right now mostly used w/ an Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite for watching YouTube, also has ex. an Open Source Scan Converter (i.e. OSSC) hooked up to it
• JVC RX-5032V audio/video receiver and amplifier, silver; FM radio w/ RDS, various digital and analog inputs, surround sound-capable
  • Used to be used for FM radio over cable, until my cable provider shut down analog radio broadcasts in early 2024; should get a Bluetooth receiver or something, to stream ex. radio to it from my phone
• Nintendo Switch, HAC-001; used, unpatched & hackable via RCM but not yet hacked
  • Hori Split Pad Compact in Gengar design; does not support motion controls, rumble, etc., but is a pretty nice controller (pair?) otherwise
  • Original Neon Red and Neon Blue Joy-Cons, came w/ Switch; already had to replace the stick on one of them, second one seems to be going soon, too; semi-retired due to the Split Pad Compact, but might still want to replace them
  • Original Switch Pro Controller, bought separately, also used but in good condition

Software

This is specifically related to my main desktop, and it's in no particular order.

• Windows 10 Professional 22H2 ... for better or worse; staying on Windows 10 for as long as I can, plus I could only "upgrade" to 11 on one of my machines anyway
• Mozilla Firefox ESR; I'm not one for sudden changes, so I got into the habit of using the ESR release ^{(Extended Support Release release...?)}; been using Firefox since it was still called Firebird in version 0.x
  • I have to add, tho, that I've not necessarily been happy with the browser's direction in recent years; went as far as hacking together a PowerShell script to apply my all preferred settings on a fresh install; still, it's the best alternative to the Chrom(e|ium) monopoly there is right now
  • Also, uBlock Origin for blocking ads; works extremely well and is the only reason I can tolerate using many, many websites anymore
• Mozilla Thunderbird; good e-mail client, also been using this for quite some time, just like Firefox — and also just like Firefox, it's been a bit of a love-hate relationship in recent years
• Notepad++; first used it during an internship, the same in which I first used Windows Vista — one left a great impression, the other did not
• Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.04; the best graphics editor that 2001 had to offer, still running 98% perfectly on modern Windows and capable of everything I need
  • No link for this one, because it's technically still commercial software, 20 years old or not — but it's not like it's hard to find online, the Win in the World of the PC might know something...
• IrfanView; an image viewer that doesn't get in the way, once you've tweaked a few settings regarding windows and scaling
• Visual Studio Community; I'm mostly coding in C# using .NET on Windows, so using VS is a no-brainer, recent versions did somewhat break Windows Forms support tho, namely the form designer
• Windows Terminal; such an upgrade over good ol' cmd.exe, it's great; does PowerShell, the classic command prompt, Windows Subsystem for Linux, etc.
• HashCheck Shell Extension; this integrates checksum calculation into Windows Explorer, adding a checksum tab to the file properties window, and the ability to generate checksum files; also works on multiple files at once
• Alcohol 52% Free Edition; for ripping my PC game CDs and DVDs to disc images; handles many forms of copy protection perfectly as well
  • Do note that it comes ^{(maybe used to come, I dunno)} with some adware garbage called Smart File Advisor which you cannot uninstall unless you also uninstall Alcohol 52% itself — unless you're disconnected from the internet during all steps of the installation process, but I didn't tell you that
• WinCDEmu; provides virtual optical drives, just like the Daemon Tools of old; very useful also on older machines, if you have HDD space, don't want to swap game CDs/DVDs all the time, and some of your games don't have No-CD patches
  • For this one, do note that I recall v4.1 having problems on certain older OS, or something to that effect; you might need to look for v4.0 if it doesn't work on your machine?
• foobar2000; I used to rock Winamp ^{(pun fully intended)} well into the Windows 10 days, but eventually switched to using fb2k a few years ago; it's a good audio player, again just something that doesn't really get in the way
• OpenRGB; for controlling my mainboard's RGB stuffs without having to use the manufacturer's software
• HWiNFO64; for keeping an eye on temperatures and the like; not much else to say about this one, you just gotta have some sort of system information tool on your machine!
• HxD Hex Editor; a pretty good hex editor, about the only thing I'm missing is reading Japanese Shift-JIS text right in the editor, tho to be fair, I used to force Hex Workshop 4.x to do that using AppLocale
• CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark; being aware of your drives' health is important, and knowing how fast they can go isn't bad, either
• K-Lite Codec Pack; it does what it needs to, and I'm kinda attached to Media Player Classic/MPC-HC/whatever specific (re)incarnation of it is in the pack
• VLC Media Player; despite K-Lite and MPC, having another capable player around can be helpful; also very good at playing network streams and such
• qBittorrent; again, something that just doesn't get in the way, this one obviously being a BitTorrent client
• Winaero Tweaker; every reinstall of Windows 10 requires tweaking certain settings, disabling a bunch of unwanted crap, uninstalling garbage, and so on, and this tool is a good helper for that

Computers

Ryo-Ryzen

Main desktop PC; named after Ryō Yamada from Bocchi the Rock!.

• Custom build
• AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU
• 32 GB G.Skill Aegis DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Two non-identical 16 GB RAM kits, with memory by different manufacturers.
• MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus mainboard
• ASUS Dual GTX 1660 Super EVO OC GPU with 6 GB GDDR6 RAM
• 1 TB Samsung 980 NVMe M.2 SSD
• 512 GB Micron 2450 OEM NVMe M.2 SSD
• Thermaltake TR2 S 450W PSU
• Kolink Observatory Lite case
• Windows 10 Professional 22H2
• Usually paired with...
  • Sharkoon Skiller SGK30 Blue keyboard
  • Logitech G203 Lightsync USB mouse
  • Two One 21.5-inch LG W2261VP TFT monitors
    • Second monitor started pushing menu and source buttons by itself, current awaiting further inspection/repair.
  • Wincor Nixdorf BA66 USB point-of-sale VFD
    • Used as a clock, weather, system status, etc. display, via my BA66UsbFrontend project; has already alerted me of network link speed dropping from 1 Gbps to 100 Mbps more than once.

Nadeshiko-Core

Main laptop; named after Nadeshiko Kagamihara from Yurucamp.

• Lenovo ThinkPad T430 (2349F72) base
• Intel Core i7-3630QM CPU
  • Technically a 45W CPU in a 35W cooling system, but throttled to ~35W via ThrottleStop and using the heatsink from a T430 with a dedicated GPU.
• 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 RAM kit
• Standard T430 iGPU mainboard
• Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)
• 256 GB Samsung 850 PRO SATA SSD
• Swappable Serial UltraBay Enhanced drives:
  • Panasonic/Matsushita BD-MLT UJ260 SATA Blu-ray writer
  • 500 GB Seagate Momentus 5400.6 SATA HDD
• 14-inch 1920x1080 Innolux N140HCA-EAC Rev.C3 display
  • Attached via "Full HD mod" adapter board
• Windows 10 Professional 22H2
• Usually paired with...
  • Lenovo Ultraslim Plus Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
    • ... mostly the mouse, the keyboard is not very good.

Takotablet

Surface Pro tablet PC; named after the Takodachi, Vtuber Ninomae Ina'nis' fanbase (which includes myself).

• Microsoft Surface Pro 3
• Intel Core i5-4300U CPU
• 8 GB DDR3-1600 RAM
• Intel HD Graphics 4400 (Haswell-U GT2)
• 256 GB SK Hynix SATA SSD
• 12-inch 2160x1440 multitouch LCD display
• Windows 10 Professional 22H2
• Usually paired with...
  • Surface Pro Type Cover
  • 256 GB microSDXC memory card
  • Metapen Surface Pen M1 active pen
  • 65W Oraimo USB-C charger with Surface Connect-to-USB-C charging cable

Natsuki-DT

Custom-built Windows XP gaming PC; technically named after Natsuki Kuga from My-HiME, but mostly just as a throwback to my main machine ca. 2006.

• Custom build
• Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU
• 4 GB SK Hynix DDR2-800 RAM
  • Around 3 GB available to software, due to 32-bit OS limitations.
• Intel Desktop Board DG43GT mainboard
• GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 GPU with 1 GB GDDR5 RAM
  • Plastic fan assembly needs some repair; currently secured to the card with zip ties.
• Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS sound card
• 240 GB SanDisk SSD PLUS SATA SSD
• HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30 SATA DVD-RW drive
• SMI USB 2.0 card reader with CSR Bluetooth dongle
• be quiet! BQT E6-550W PSU
• Lian-Li PC-65 case
• USB-powered RGB LED strip with remote
• Windows XP Professional SP3
• Usually paired with...
  • ... currently nothing specific, due to not being set up permanently. Need to get around to doing that.

Fauna-Core

Custom-built slimline PC for video capture; named after former Vtuber Ceres Fauna.

• Custom build
• Intel Core i5-6500 CPU
• 8 GB DDR4-2133 RAM
  • Modules from two different manufacturers; to be replaced by matched pair.
• GIGABYTE GA-Q270M-D3H mainboard
• Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake-S GT2)
• 256 GB Samsung MZVL4256HBJD-00BH1 OEM NVMe M.2 SSD
• 1 TB WD Blue WD10EZEX-00ZF5A0 SATA HDD
• TSSTcorp SH-223B SATA DVD-RW drive
• AVerMedia AVerTV CaptureHD (H727) PCIe tuner/capture card
• InWin 250W TFX PSU
• InWin CE685 case
• Windows 10 Professional 22H2
• Usually paired with...
  • Logitech K400 Plus wireless keyboard and touchpad

Momo-Netbook

Tiny XP netbook; named after Momo Chiyoda from Machikado Mazoku.

• ASUS Eee PC 1000H
• Intel Atom N270 CPU
• 2 GB Kingston DDR2-800 RAM
  • Running at 266 MHz, i.e. DDR2-533 speeds.
• Intel GMA 950 graphics in i945GSE Northbridge
• 120 GB Kingston A400 SATA SSD
• 10.2-inch 1024x600 TFT LCD display
• Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Windows XP Professional SP3
• Usually paired with...
  • ... nothing special, really, just the PSU?

Lifebook-Vista

Random mid-2000s business laptop eBay find; currently just named after its model and operating system.

• Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E8110 (WL1) base
• Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 CPU
• 4 GB DDR2-667 RAM
• Standard E8110 FJNB1AF mainboard
• Intel GMA 950 graphics in i945GM Northbridge
• 240 GB SanDisk SSD PLUS SATA SSD
• Panasonic/Matsushita DVD-RAM UJ-850S SATA DVD-RW drive
• 15-inch 1400x1050 TFT LCD display
• Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN 802.11b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi
• Windows Vista Ultimate SP2
• Usually paired with...
  • Fujitsu-Siemens FPCPR63B port replicator

Gigi-Toshiba

Random 2010s laptop eBay find; named after Vtuber Gigi Murin and the laptop's brand.

• Toshiba Satellite C660-2NK
  • Fixed and condition improved with parts from a Satellite C660-2FF.
• Intel Core i5-2430M CPU
• 8 GB DDR3-1600 RAM
  • Running at 667 MHz, i.e. DDR3-1333 speeds.
• Standard Toshiba PWWHA mainboard
• Nvidia GeForce GT 520M (GF119) GPU with 1 GB DDR3 RAM
• 240 GB SanDisk SSD PLUS SATA SSD
• TSST Corporation CDDVDW TS-L633F SATA DVD-RW drive
• 15.6-inch 1366x768 TFT LCD display
  • Matte panel by AU Optronics taken from a Satellite Pro C660-1JL.
• Qualcomm Atheros AR9002WB-1NG 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Windows 10 Professional 22H2
  • Due to drive swapping being very easy, a no-name 120 GB SSD with Windows 7 Professional SP1 (+ further updates) is also kept around.
• Usually paired with...
  • HP Wireless Mouse X200
  • Fujitsu FPCAC54B 19v 5.27A PSU

"Retro Amiga 1"

Well, technically my only Amiga; currently not really named nor in use.

• Commodore Amiga 500
• Full ECS Rev. 8a.1 mainboard with 8375 "Fat Agnus"
  • Silkscreened "C= A500+", i.e. intended for the Amiga 500 Plus, but also used in late non-Plus models, just without the RTC, etc.
• TerribleFire TF536 accelerator board
  • Provides Motorola 68030 CPU at 50 MHz, Fast RAM, and an IDE controller with one 2.5" connector.
• Individual Computers A512 memory expansion with RTC module
• 66 MB RAM in total
  • 1 MB Chip RAM on mainboard, 1 MB Chip RAM on two A512 expansions, 64 MB Fast RAM on TF536.
• Internal RGBtoHDMI setup via Denise adapter from Archi-Tech
  • HDMI output is video-only, sound still requires external speakers.
• External Plipbox parallel port ethernet adapter
  • And yes, I have been "on the internet" and even posted to a forum from this.
• 4 GB SD card in SD-to-IDE adapter
  • Divided into two 2 GB partitions, one for the OS, one for games.
• Arananet IdeLed board for showing IDE activity via floppy activity LED on keyboard
• ASTEC AA20270 47W PSU
  • Originally intended for Cisco routers, but can be adapted for Amiga use.
• Kickstart and Workbench 3.1
• Usually paired with...
  • Fujitsu M520 USB mouse, using Archi-Tech USB HID mouse adapter
  • 19-inch Dell 1908FP TFT monitor with AX510 soundbar

"Retro Mac 1"

My only 68k Macintosh; currently not really named nor in use.

• Apple Macintosh IIci
  • Logic board recapped in July 2019.
• Motorola 68030 CPU
  • Running at 25 MHz, with 32 kB L2 Cache card; cache card recapped in July 2019.
• 20 MB RAM
  • Four 1 MB modules, four 4 MB modules. Actually had 32 MB for a while, but one of those four 4 MB modules died.
• Formac ProNitron 80.19 NuBus video card
  • Apparently intended for a CRT with a fixed resolution of 1024x768 with 256 colors?
• 1 GB Quantum Fireball 1080S SCSI HDD
• Asante MacCon 3 NuBus ethernet card
  • Only has a 10BASE2 connector and requires an AUI transceiver for 10BASE-T; bad fuse on AUI connector replaced in July 2019.
• ASTEC AA16870 112W PSU
  • Donated by a very dead Power Macintosh 7100/66; replaced the RIFA caps, luckily before the magic smoke came out.
• Mac OS 7.6.1
• Usually paired with...
  • German Apple Extended Keyboard II ADB keyboard
  • Standard rounded Apple ADB mouse
  • MPL MCDISK-G-5, external SCSI PCMCIA memory card reader
  • Allied Telesis CentreCOM 210TS AUI transceiver
  • 15-inch Samsung Syncmaster 570B TFT monitor