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Well, one end of it anyway. Whilst the rest of the room resembles a 'normal' bedroom this end is more like a spare room and to me it's my workbench and computing area.
If there was a lady in my life staying with me I don't think she'd put up with this but as there ain't currently a Ms Flops, it don't matter does it?
And yes, I know the walls could do with re-decorating but I'm hoping to move home shortly, so I can't be bothered.
Anyway, not sure these pix are of any interest to youse all, but here goes.
This is an overall view of my setup:
Test equipment. AVO 8 analogue test meter; Weller soldering station and reel of solder; 40Mhz twin beam oscilloscope; 30 volt DC variable power supply.
Will shortly be adding another power supply to enable a twin rail setup and am currently building a frequency generator to test audio equipment.
Plugboards and the work area where I can work on stuff:
BenQ 19" FP91G Monitor showing desktop of the computer I built to be a home media unit but instead has ended up as a third cruncher with four hard disk caddies so I can swap out different operating systems. This is the desktop for Win XP. Also have Suse 10.2, Win 98 and one spare drive which I'll probably load Ubunto onto. I named this computer 'Perseus'.
And this is the desktop to the second machine listed in my sig 'Andromeda'. They both go through a KVM switch.
The front of Perseus:
Perseus front flap open showing the Vantec hard disk caddy. I have two silver drives and two black drives, they're very quick and easy to swap out and the front panel displays HDD temp and in use information.
The green topped workbench, btw, was used by a guy I worked with at the GLC. He taught me a lot of stuff about the work I currently do a lot of, 100 volt line audio systems. He also took part in a parachute drop on that bridge that was featured in the film 'A Bridge Too Far' Arnheim I think it was.
Unfortunately he got hit by a mortar shell and had a significant chunk of his face blown away, top left. It was rebuilt but it left him with poor eyesight and he wore these really thick glasses.
He was one of the best blokes I've ever worked with so the bench has fond memories. He lived in Tooting and I last saw him about ten years ago, I've no idea if he's still alive or not.
To the right of the bench is a display unit from a Matalan store. I drove past the back of the Charlton store and they'd thrown a load out so I bunged it on the roof bars. It fits just perfect.
I know it's not high chic, this setup, but it is practical.
Audio and video devices. From top to bottom:
Hitachi Direct Drive turntable with Shure 35C cartridge
Sony VHS Recorder
Aiwa Cassette deck
Daewoo DVD player
The audio and video signals are routed through an AV switching box. The audio to the line in on the computer, the video to the video in on a Pinnacle TV card.
The DVD player was £35.00 from Richer sounds and is good. It means I can capture segments of DVD movies and change them to any video format I fancy.
To the left, assorted stuff, explanation to follow.
Top to bottom:
Logitech MX1000 Mouse charger/receiver
RIAA Phono preamp
Netgear modem/router, 4 channel wired
AV switcher, to computer. Channel A switches video, Channel B switches audio.
Interface to seperate sound system. I can plug three line level devices and one turntable with magnetic cartridge in here.
And the signals from that interface box go to here, a Quad 33 preamp which feeds a 15 watt x 2 slave amp and a pair of Eltax bookshelf speakers. The speakers cost £30.00 from Richer Sounds and are adequate. Not great Hi-Fi but the system's use is primarily as a means to test equipment.
Actually, the Logitech 2.1 speaker setup with the computers sounds better. However, the guy in the shop said the speakers will sound better after 30 - 40 hours use. We shall see.
Behind the Quad preamp, loadsa messy cables, the 15W x 2 amp and the KVM switch (it has audio as well).
The front of 'Andromeda' Antec Sonata case:
The Hitachi turntable:
A wall cabinet wiv knick knacks:
Gaming devices:
And there ya go
Got me's quite a lot of stuff crammed into a small space there and I probably spend more time than is healthy tinkering with Linux and playing old games in Win 98.
If there was a lady in my life staying with me I don't think she'd put up with this but as there ain't currently a Ms Flops, it don't matter does it?
And yes, I know the walls could do with re-decorating but I'm hoping to move home shortly, so I can't be bothered.
Anyway, not sure these pix are of any interest to youse all, but here goes.
This is an overall view of my setup:
Test equipment. AVO 8 analogue test meter; Weller soldering station and reel of solder; 40Mhz twin beam oscilloscope; 30 volt DC variable power supply.
Will shortly be adding another power supply to enable a twin rail setup and am currently building a frequency generator to test audio equipment.
Plugboards and the work area where I can work on stuff:
BenQ 19" FP91G Monitor showing desktop of the computer I built to be a home media unit but instead has ended up as a third cruncher with four hard disk caddies so I can swap out different operating systems. This is the desktop for Win XP. Also have Suse 10.2, Win 98 and one spare drive which I'll probably load Ubunto onto. I named this computer 'Perseus'.
And this is the desktop to the second machine listed in my sig 'Andromeda'. They both go through a KVM switch.
The front of Perseus:
Perseus front flap open showing the Vantec hard disk caddy. I have two silver drives and two black drives, they're very quick and easy to swap out and the front panel displays HDD temp and in use information.
The green topped workbench, btw, was used by a guy I worked with at the GLC. He taught me a lot of stuff about the work I currently do a lot of, 100 volt line audio systems. He also took part in a parachute drop on that bridge that was featured in the film 'A Bridge Too Far' Arnheim I think it was.
Unfortunately he got hit by a mortar shell and had a significant chunk of his face blown away, top left. It was rebuilt but it left him with poor eyesight and he wore these really thick glasses.
He was one of the best blokes I've ever worked with so the bench has fond memories. He lived in Tooting and I last saw him about ten years ago, I've no idea if he's still alive or not.
To the right of the bench is a display unit from a Matalan store. I drove past the back of the Charlton store and they'd thrown a load out so I bunged it on the roof bars. It fits just perfect.
I know it's not high chic, this setup, but it is practical.
Audio and video devices. From top to bottom:
Hitachi Direct Drive turntable with Shure 35C cartridge
Sony VHS Recorder
Aiwa Cassette deck
Daewoo DVD player
The audio and video signals are routed through an AV switching box. The audio to the line in on the computer, the video to the video in on a Pinnacle TV card.
The DVD player was £35.00 from Richer sounds and is good. It means I can capture segments of DVD movies and change them to any video format I fancy.
To the left, assorted stuff, explanation to follow.
Top to bottom:
Logitech MX1000 Mouse charger/receiver
RIAA Phono preamp
Netgear modem/router, 4 channel wired
AV switcher, to computer. Channel A switches video, Channel B switches audio.
Interface to seperate sound system. I can plug three line level devices and one turntable with magnetic cartridge in here.
And the signals from that interface box go to here, a Quad 33 preamp which feeds a 15 watt x 2 slave amp and a pair of Eltax bookshelf speakers. The speakers cost £30.00 from Richer Sounds and are adequate. Not great Hi-Fi but the system's use is primarily as a means to test equipment.
Actually, the Logitech 2.1 speaker setup with the computers sounds better. However, the guy in the shop said the speakers will sound better after 30 - 40 hours use. We shall see.
Behind the Quad preamp, loadsa messy cables, the 15W x 2 amp and the KVM switch (it has audio as well).
The front of 'Andromeda' Antec Sonata case:
The Hitachi turntable:
A wall cabinet wiv knick knacks:
Gaming devices:
And there ya go
Got me's quite a lot of stuff crammed into a small space there and I probably spend more time than is healthy tinkering with Linux and playing old games in Win 98.
. The subject of envy you are 
I'll make some notes before the next shopping trip 