Working in ITAD and generally being known as a tech worker, one ends up with a lot of PC hardware, often for free or at low cost. The following are all systems currently in use. |
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SVCS1 "Polyethylene Naphthalate v2"Main virtualization system configured for low-power hosting of critical local web services. Current specifications as of June 12, 2026:
ROUTER1 "Polyethylene Adipate"
WBSD1 "Polyethylene Succinate"
PRSV1 "Polyethylene Naphthalate"
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Desktops | |
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WBPC1 "Polybutylene Terephthalate"Current specifications as of March 24, 2026:
MonitorsAlso used with WBPC3 "Polystyrene v2" (see below)
WBPC2 "Polycarbonate"In use as the main workbench desktop in the home lab area. Put together from second-hand parts around June 2023. It became a fundamental system to my work starting October 2025 for the development and production of memholder for 2nd Life Inc. and later merchandise for the Homestuck/Hiveswap franchise among others. Current specifications as of March 24, 2026:
Monitors
WBPC3 "Polystyrene v2"Received from 2nd Life Inc. in August 2025 to act as more of an aesthetic device and to evaluate performance of DDR2 FBDIMMs in modern workloads. Current specifications as of March 24, 2026:
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Laptops and Mobile | |
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MWDL1A "Prenylthiol"Introduced in June 2026.
MWDL2A
MWDL2B "Methanethiol"Also known as the "Ryzen Scraptop". Currently used for modded Minecraft.
MWDL3A "Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether"Originally acquired from 2nd Life Inc. in late 2020. Likely the first of my hardware to utilize Qimonda DDR3 memory. Current usage is to act as a mobile self-contained drawing tablet device for visual artwork, namely for AMOXA.
MWDL3B "Ethanol"Introduced April 21, 2026 being yet another find at 2nd Life Inc. initially to read Psycholonials. More or less dedicated to reading webcomics, visual novels and point-and-click games; basically a device dedicated to Hiveswap/Homestuck. Unit dates mid-2016, relatively early to feature Innolux AAS.
MWDL4A "Chromium Sulfate"Received from 2nd Life Inc. in April 2023. Despite known issues with this hardware platform, it has been fully functional within the three years I have had it so far.
MWDL4B "Chromium Oxide"Acquired March 2026 per initial testing of flashing coreboot to Chromebooks for resale at 2nd Life Inc.
MWDL4C "Chromacyclobutane"Acquired March 2026 per initial testing of flashing coreboot to Chromebooks for resale at 2nd Life Inc. Was of specific interest due to utilizing the Intel Processor N100, the SoC present on the LattePanda Mu that was to be used in MediaCow Touch 2. Became more or less the "main" laptop in March 2026, even being able to run games like Minecraft modpacks from 2012-2013 (FTB Ultimate) while using relatively tiny amounts of power.
"Butanethiol"
"Polymethylmethacrylate"Received in September 2021, used from then up to late 2025 as the main mobile workstation laptop. Battery was removed in June 2026 due to safety concerns along with ineffectiveness due to age and a recall for this model in 2018. Currently not used for anything but may see use as a workstation desktop in a space-constrained environment. Display panel was also removed in June 2026 since it would no longer need it as a desktop.
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Phones | |
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"d-Limonene"Found on eBay in January 2026 to take place of an iPhone XR used prior as a secondary non-critical/social media phone.
"Tetrahydrocannabinol"Acquired in March 2023 for consolidating the iPhone XR and Samsung Galaxy S7 being used at the time but eventually the dual-phone setup returned in 2024. Currently used as the "main" phone in which it is activated on a cellular network, mostly hotspot usage nowadays.
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Misc. | |
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2nd Life work PC
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