Early Home Network Days - The Second Client
Around June of 1999, Archers was configured as second client computer to my first server, Short_Rook.
Jestors_Hall still had the distinction of being the tear-down, but I wanted a second client to be a testbed
before adding anything to the primary workstation, Centre_Keep. By then, my Centre_Keep had become the long
distance communication workstation in the house, catching emails from both my family and my wife's family.
Like many Filipinas, my wife comes from a large family with many relatives, with whom she stays in contact
with, who are living around the world. So instead of taking down the primary workstation, Archers_Hall and
Jestors_Hall were the two client computers. Centre_Keep did join the network. However, most network features
were added after being tested on Jestor and Archer.
In October of 1999, Archers_Hall under went another upgrade and had its Pentium class board removed and
and a Tyan Trinity 100 was installed. Archers_Hall's internal components were aligned to match Knights_Hall.
The system looks very different on the outside, but on the inside, their capabilities are identical.
Sometime in early 2001, Archers_Hall was moved from the basement to my daughter's room was it is today.
Until January of 2002, the problem with Stin_Net at the time, was that Archers_Hall, like Knights_Hall
was not networked. What it more, this system does not even carry a modem. A network card was present for
laptop servicing, and of course, prior network participations. But other then this connection, Archers_Hall
was now a standalone computer. On January of 2002, a wireless network card was installed in Archers_Hall,
adding Archers_Hall to the network. Early February, ALL of the HALL computers were reconfigured to be clients
to the server. Archers_Hall, finally rejoined a server network it had help start.
Sadly, Archers_Hall has a small mid-tower case and everything is practically shoehorned into the case.
Because of this growth limitation, Archers_Hall will not be seeing another upgrade. A Pentium-III class
computer is now being built to take the place of Archers_Hall, upon which, Archers_Hall will be decommissioned
and sold off.
