Personal Computers 1981 IBM PC MS-DOS This model of the IBM PC was one of their first iterations. These were actually purchased by one of my Bennett Company customers who went down to Mexico and bought six of them thinking that he would make a killing reselling them. However, this was 1986 when the IBM AT 286 was their best selling model making the computer my client bought virtually worthless at the time he bought them. He was kind enough to give a couple to me for nostolgia's sake. 1983 Commodore Computer In 1983 I purchased a Commodore 64 to use as my home computer. I also bought a database software program to use on it to compile the first list of movies for our Video Place store. 1984 IBM XT MS-DOS This was the first IBM clone computer that I built and then used to write the VBase program that ran our Video Place video rental store. It was on this computer that I learned all about the components that were needed to build an Intel-based computer and the skills required to program and create software interfaces for a computer. 1994 Packard Bell Windows 95 In 1994 I updated the Vbase point of sale program I wrote to work on color computer monitors. 1996 Home Office Packard Bell Windows 95(My first home computer) 1996 Server Room This room was originally named the Music room for obvious reasons; you can see my collections of casssette tapes on the wall and my vinyl LPs in the two equipment cabinets with my 24 channel mixing board on top and my TEAC reel-to-reel to the right. All were a throwback to my radio days. The VHS video cassettes on the top shelves are remnants of when my brother Tom and I owned a chain of video rental stores called Video Place. As I started accumulating computers and printers they went into this room and were all connected to a 100 Mbps Netgear data comm switch - my very first data comm network. 1999 Computer Xeon III Windows NT 1999 Home Office Windows NT 2000 Home Office 2002 Home Office 2002 Server Room 2003 Compaq Windows 98 2004 Server Room 2005 Home Office Computer Dual XEON Processors Windows XP 2007 Server Room Telco Rack 2014 Home Office 2016 Computers Windows 7 & 10 2016 Server Room Telco Racks 2018 Home Office 2022 Home Office In 2022 I update my computer screens to 20" 4K monitors and swapped out the Visio TV screen for a 4K 48" LG screen which allowed my to watch streaming services as well as being a third screen for my office computer. 2023 Home Office In 2023 I added several Samsung tablets for viewing security cameras in order to keep an eye on things while I work. You can also see the 4K video camera I added above my two desk monitors inside the ring light in order to particpate in online meetings using Zoom.