Since it originally appeared in 2003 this website has been edited by a few pieces of software and hosted on many different types of hardware.

It was originally created using Frontpage 2000 and hosted on the webspace I got from my ISP (Do you remember when you used to get that with your dial up access?).

Once I was kicked off of that for exceeding the allowed bandwidth, it has been hosted on a variety of different operating systems and hardware.

A D-link DNS-320 followed by a D-Link 340L running NGINX

An Atom T11 mini PC running Windows 8 and IIS

Then in 2023 I re-created the website using WordPress. This was then hosted on a Mini-ITX based machine with an AMD A10 4 core / 4 thread running windows 10 and WampServer.

With the impending demise of windows 10 as a supported OS and because Windows 11 would not install on the AMD without hacks, I located a Mini-ITX motherboard and CPU bundle on ebay with a 10th generation I5 CPU. So I have now put that in the server case instead and installed Windows 11. So it’s now a 6 core / 12 thread machine, but still manages to use less power than the previous setup.

n.b. I have a few other machines that will keep Windows 10 for many years to come, but they are not on the web so don’t need the same level of protection (Virtual Pinball, Mame cab and wall mounted Jukebox)

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