Kasoft

The Kasoft Family

The Amstrads (8-bit & 16-bit)
The Archimedes (32-bit)
The Beebs (8-bit)
The Clones (32-bit)
The Clone Laptop (32-bit)
The Iyonices (32-bit)
The Maxx (32-bit & 64-bit)
The Mac Laptops (32-bit)
The Playstations (32-bit & 64-bit)

The Amstrads

Name: Amstrad, Herbie Arnold

Alias: Black King I

Genus: Amstrad CPC464, issue 1 (tall keys, no side ports) "Arnold"

Year Of Manufacture: 1984

Current Commission: Kasoft Base (semi-dormant) since 15 Feb 1986

Processor: Zilog Z80 8-bit 4 MHz

Chipset: Bitmap CRT, AY1 sound, cassette modem

OS: Locomotive Software Amstrad microcomputer OS

RAM: 64K

ROMs: Amstrad BASIC 1.0

Primary backing store: Amstrad CPC 1/2 kbs^-1 cassette (in-built)

Secondary backing store: none

Peripherals:

GT64 green screen (semi-dormant)
DMP2000 9-pin impact dot matrix printer (destroyed)
The Boss joystick (semi-dormant)

Network: none

Name: Amstrad, William III

Genus: Amstrad PC3386

Year Of Manufacture: unknown

Current Status: destroyed since July 2012

Previous Commission: Kasoft Central (disassembled) since Oct 2000

Processor: Intel 80386 16-bit

OS: Microsoft Windows 3.11

RAM: 16MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: MS DOS FAT16 IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DR DOS 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DR DOS 5.25 inch floppy (in-built)

Network: none

The Archimedes

Name: Archimedes, Maxwell Kenneth

Alias: White King

Genus: BBC Microcomputer A3000, issue 1 (cardboard supply cover)

Year Of Manufacture: 1988

Previous Commission: Kasoft Base since June 1991

Current Commission: Hingston, Adrian (dormant or unknown) since May 1995

Processor: ARM2 32-bit 8 MHz

Chipset: VIDC10 video/sound, MEMC1a, IOC1, slow serial

OS: Acorn RISC OS 3.10

RAM: 4 MB

ROMs: BBC BASIC V, WindowManager, Econet

Primary backing store:

Acorn ADFS 800K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DR DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
Atari DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)

Secondary backing store: none

Peripherals: AKF14 14 inch 50 Hz colour monitor

Network: none

Name: Archimedes, Simon Jerry

Alias: Black King I

Genus: Acorn RiscPC 600 "Medusa"

Year Of Manufacture: 1994

Previous Commission: Kasoft Central since 01 Feb 1995

Current Commission: Kasoft Base (active) since March 2003

Processor: ARM610 32-bit 33 MHz

Chipset: VIDC20 video/sound, IOC2, fast serial

OS: Acorn RISC OS 3.50

RAM: 74 MB

ROMs: BBC BASIC V, WindowManager, SharedCLibrary, Econet, Internet

Primary backing store: Simtec IDEFS 210 MB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

Simtec IDEFS 80 GB IDE fixed (internal)
Acorn ADFS 1.6 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
Atari DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
Apple MacOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (via CC MacFS Lite software)

Peripherals:

LG 15 inch 1024 × 768 LCD colour monitor (active)
AKF60 14 inch 100 Hz colour monitor (destroyed)
Canon BubbleJet BJ10sx 360 dpi monochrome inkjet printer (dormant)
Dynalink 1414VQE 14 kbs^-1 fax modem (dormant)

Current Network: Internet simon.iinet.net.au (ADSL via TPLink and Ethernet; transient)

Previous Network: Internet maree.dialix.com.au (Modem; transient)

The Beebs

Name: Beeb, Barberra Sheila

Genus: BBC Microcomputer Model B

Year Of Manufacture: 1982

Previous Commision: unknown

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (semi-dormant) since 15 Mar 1998

Processor: 6502 8-bit 2 MHz

Chipset: Bitmap CRT, TV, Teletext, sound, AD converter, slow serial

OS: Acorn MOS 1.20

RAM: 32K

ROMs: BBC BASIC II, Edword

Primary backing store: Acorn DFS dual 5.25 inch floppy (external)

Secondary backing store: Acorn 1 kbs^-1 cassette (external)

Peripherals: none

Network: none

Name: Beeb, Elizabeth "Needles"

Genus: BBC Microcomputer Master Compact

Year Of Manufacture: 1986

Previous Commision: Waimea Heights Primary School since unknown

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (semi-dormant) since 05 Apr 1998

Processor: 65C02 8-bit 2 MHz

Chipset: Bitmap CRT, Teletext, sound, slow serial

OS: Acorn MOS 3.50

RAM: 64K

ROMs: BBC BASIC IV

Primary backing store: Acorn ADFS 640K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)

Secondary backing store: none

Peripherals: none

Network: none

The Clones

Name: Clone, Phillip John "Fry"

Alias: KaServer4

Genus: 32-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: 1998

Previous Commission: University Of Tasmania (dormant) since 18 Jan 1999

Current Commission: unknown since Jan 2002

Processor: Intel 686 32-bit

Chipset: VESA video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet card

OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

RAM: 128 MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: NTFS 4 GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
CD ROM (in-built)

Peripherals: Stereo speakers

Previous Network: Internet voyager.comp.utas.edu.au (Ethernet; permanent)

Name: Clone, David N "Yantzee"

Genus: 32-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: unknown

Previous Commission: DPIWE since unknown

Current Commission: unknown since Dec 2001

Processor: Intel 686 32-bit

Chipset: VESA video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet card

OS: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

RAM: 128 MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: NTFS IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
CD ROM (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Name: Clone, John X "Lucky"

Genus: Compaq 32-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: 2004

Previous Commission: DPIWE since Dec 2001

Current Status: unknown since Jul 2004

Processor: Intel 686 32-bit

Chipset: VESA video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet card

OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

RAM: 640 MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: NTFS IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
CD ROM (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Name: Clone, Malcolm B "The Fish"

Genus: Acer 32-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: 2004

Previous Commission: DPIWE since Jul 2004

Previous Commission: unknown since Jul 2007

Processor: Intel 686 32-bit

Chipset: DVI+VGA dual-head video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet

OS: Red Hat Linux "Fedora Core 4"

RAM: 1 GB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: Linux Ext2 80 GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DVD ROM (in-built)
CD-RW (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Name: Clone, Steven C "Bermuda"

Alias: White King II

Genus: Acer 64-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: 2007

Previous Commission: DPIPWE since Jul 2007 (former DPIW computer)

Processor: Intel Core 64-bit

Chipset: NVidia DVI×2 dual-head video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet

OS: Red Hat Linux "Fedora Core 10"

RAM: 2 GB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: Linux LVM/Ext3 250 GB SATA fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DVD-RW (in-built)
CD-RW (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Name: Clone, Elaine A

Alias: Red Queen Prototype

Genus: 32-bit IBM PC clone

Processor: Intel 686 32-bit

Year Of Manufacture: 2005

Current Commission: unknown since Mar 2010

Chipset: unknown

OS: Windows XP

RAM: 256 MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: NTFS 40 GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DVD ROM (in-built)
CD-RW (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Name: Clone, Kevin K "Holden"

Alias: White King III

Genus: Acer 64-bit IBM PC clone

Year Of Manufacture: 2009

Current Commission: DPIPWE since Oct 2010 (former DEPHA computer)

Processor: Intel Core 2 64-bit

Chipset: integrated VESA graphics, NVidia DVI video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet

OS: Red Hat Linux "Fedora Core 11"

RAM: 2 GB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: Linux LVM/Ext3 80 GB SATA fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DVD-RW (in-built)
CD-RW (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Name: Clone, Eliza Robyn

Alias: Silver Queen

Genus: Dell 64-bit IBM PC clone

Processor: Intel Xeon 64-bit

Year Of Manufacture: 2011

Current Commission: DPIPWE aince Aug 2011

Chipset: integrated VESA graphics (disabled), NVidia DVI+DP video card, 16-bit sound card, Ethernet

OS: Red Hat Linux "Fedora Core 15"

RAM: 8 GB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: Linux LVM/Ext4 1 TB SATA fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DVD-RW (in-built)
CD-RW (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Current Network: Internet kadeh.dpiwe.tas.gov.au (Ethernet; permanent)

The Clone Laptop

Name: Laptop, Simon Q

Alias: Black Queen Mobile

Genus: IBM Thinkpad

Year Of Manufacture: 1997

Previous Commission: Kasoft Central since May 2001

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (disassembled) since Mar 2002

Processor: Intel 586 32-bit

Chipset: VESA video card, 16-bit sound card

OS: Microsoft Windows 95

RAM: 32 MB

ROMs: BIOS

Primary backing store: FAT16 4 GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
CD ROM (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Previous Network: Internet archer.dialix.com.au (Modem; transient)

The Iyonices

Name: Iyonix, Alexandria Sydney

Alias: Black Queen I

Genus: Castle Iyonix

Year Of Manufacture: 2002

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (active) since January 2003

Processor: Intel XScale 80321 32-bit 600 MHz

Chipset: NVidia video card, 16-bit sound, USB via PCI card, southbridge serial

OS: Castle RISC OS 5.07, Debian Linux "Woody"

RAM: 128 MB

ROMs: BBC BASIC VI, WindowManager, SharedCLibrary, EtherK, Internet

Primary backing store: Acorn ADFS 80 GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

Linux Ext2 80 GB IDE fixed (internal)
Sony CD-RW 52× (in-built)
Acorn ADFS 1.6 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
Atari DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)

Peripherals:

Dell 24 inch 16:10 LCD colour monitor (active)
Philips 17 inch 100 Hz colour monitor (destroyed)
Speed Demon 56 kbs^-1 fax modem (dormant)
Apple AirPort Extreme base station "Snow White" (active)
Samsung CLP315 colour laser printer (active)

Current Network: Internet alexandria.internode.on.net (ADSL via HomePlug and Ethernet; permanent)

Previous Network: Internet archer.dialix.com.au (Modem; transient)

Name: Iyonix, Sarah Anne

Alias: Black Queen II

Genus: Castle Iyonix

Year Of Manufacture: 2002

Current Commission: Kasoft Base (active) since March 2005

Processor: Intel XScale 80321 32-bit 600 MHz

Chipset: NVidia video card, 16-bit sound, USB via PCI card, southbridge serial

OS: Castle RISC OS 5.11

RAM: 128 MB

ROMs: BBC BASIC VI, WindowManager, SharedCLibrary, EtherK, Internet

Primary backing store: Acorn ADFS 60 GB IDE fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

Sony CD-RW 52× (in-built)
Acorn ADFS 1.6 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
Atari DOS 720K 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)

Peripherals:

LG 17 inch 1280 × 1024 LCD colour monitor (active)
Canon BubbleJet BJC265SP 360 dpi colour inkjet printer (dormant)
Apple AirPort Extreme base station "Green Eyed Monster" (active)
5-port Ethernet switch (semi-active)

Current Network: Internet sarah.iinet.net.au (ADSL; permanent)

Previous Network: Internet maree.bigpond.com.au (ADSL; permanent)

The Maxx

Name: MacLeod, Steven II

Alias: KaServer3

Genus: Apple Power Macintosh

Year Of Manufacture: 1994

Previous Commission: University Of Tasmania (dormant) since Jan 1995

Current Commission: unknown since Jan 1999

Processor: IBM PowerPC 32-bit

Chipset: Bitmap CRT, sound, fast serial, Ethernet

OS: Apple MacOS System 7

RAM: 16 MB

ROMs: BIOS (OpenFirmware)

Primary backing store: Apple MacOS 256 MB fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

Apple MacOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (in-built)
DR DOS 1.4 MB 3.5 inch floppy (via PC Exchange software)

Peripherals: none

Previous Network: Internet borg.eng.utas.edu.au (Ethernet; permanent)

Name: MacDowell, Gillian Katherine X

Alias: Red Queen

Genus: Apple Power Macintosh

Year Of Manufacture: 2005

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (active) since 18 Sep 2006

Processor: IBM PowerPC 64-bit 2.5 GHz × 4

Chipset: NVidia DVI×2 video card, 16-bit optical sound card, Ethernet, USB, FireWire, FireWire card

OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5

RAM: 11 GB

ROMs: BIOS (OpenFirmware)

Primary backing store: Apple MacOS 1 TB SATA fixed (internal) × 2

Secondary backing store:

Apple MacOS 250 GB LaCie USB fixed (external) × 2
Apple MacOS 1 TB + 2 TB Taurus FireWire fixed (external)
Matsushita CD-RW (in-built)
Matsushita DVD-RW 16× (in-built)
Matsushita VD+RW DL (in-built)

Peripherals:

Dell 24 inch 16:10 LCD colour monitor (active)
HP OfficeJet 9700 multifunction centre (active)

Current Network: Internet macdowell.internode.on.net (ADSL via Ethernet/AirPort; permanent)

Name: MacMiracle, Madeline Katie

Alias: White Queen

Genus: Apple Intel Macintosh iMac

Year Of Manufacture: 2009

Current Commission: DPIPWE since Oct 2010 (former DEPHA computer)

Processor: Intel Core 2 64-bit

Chipset: NVidia video card, 16-bit optical sound card, Ethernet, AirPort, USB, FireWire

OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5

RAM: 1 GB

ROMs: BIOS (OpenFirmware)

Primary backing store: Apple MacOS 250 GB SATA fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

Matsushita CD-RW (in-built)
Matsushita DVD-RW 16× (in-built)
Matsushita VD+RW DL (in-built)

Current Network: Internet kade.bigpond.com.au (3G via AirPort; transient)

Name: MacNaught, Frances Nikki "RQIII"

Genus: Apple Intel Macintosh iMac

Year Of Manufacture: 2011

Current Commission: Danielle's Bedroom at Kasoft Base (active) since 2011

Processor: Intel Core 2 64-bit

Chipset: NVidia video card, 16-bit optical sound card, Ethernet, AirPort, USB, FireWire

OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.7

RAM: N/A

ROMs: BIOS (OpenFirmware)

Primary backing store: N/A

Secondary backing store: N/A

Current Network: Internet macnaught.iinet.net.au (ADSL via AirPort; permanent)

The Mac Laptops

Name: MacKenzie, Vanessa Karen "WQII/WQ Mobile"

Alias: Umbrella Mobile

Genus: Apple iBook

Year Of Manufacture: 2004

Current Commission: Kasoft Central (active) since 29 Nov 2004

Processor: IBM PowerPC 32-bit 1.33 GHz

Chipset: ATI video card, Ethernet, USB, FireWire, AirPort

OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.4

RAM: 768 MB

ROMs: BIOS (OpenFirmware)

Primary backing store: Apple MacOS 60 GB fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

Matsushita CD-RW (in-built)
Matsushita DVD-RW 8 × (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Current Network: Internet mackenzie.dpipwe.tas.gov.au (Ethernet; transient)

Previous Network: Internet mackenzie.iinet.com.au (ADSL; transient)

Name: MacQueen, Kerrie Brigitte "Skittles/RQII"

Alias: Red Queen Mobile

Genus: Apple PowerBook

Year Of Manufacture: 2004

Current Commission: Danielle's Bedroom at Kasoft Base (semi-active) since 2010

Previous Commission: unknown

Processor: IBM PowerPC 32-bit 1.33 GHz

Chipset: ATI video card, Ethernet, USB, FireWire, AirPort

OS: Apple Mac OS X 10.5

RAM: 768 MB

ROMs: BIOS (OpenFirmware)

Primary backing store: Apple MacOS 80 GB fixed (internal)

Secondary backing store:

Matsushita CD-RW (in-built)
Matsushita DVD-RW 8 × (in-built)

Peripherals: none

Current Network: unknown

The Playstations

Name: Playstation, Codey A

Genus: 32-bit PlayStation2 Original (Black)

Status: dormant at Kasoft Base

Name: Playstation, Danielle B

Genus: 32-bit PlayStation2 Original (Platinum)

Status: unknown

Name: Playstation, Codey C

Genus: 32-bit PlayStation2 Slim (Black)

Status: unknown

Name: Playstation, Danielle D

Genus: 32-bit PlayStation2 Slim (Platinum)

Status: dormant at Kasoft Base

Name: Playstation, Kramer E

Genus: 64-bit PlayStation3 60GB Original (Black)

Status: dormant

Name: Playstation, Newman F

Genus: 64-bit PlayStation3 120GB Slim (Black)

Current Commission: Kasoft House (active) since July 2012

Name: Playstation, Mickey G

Genus: 64-bit PlayStation3 120GB Slim (Black)

Current Commission: Codey's Bedroom at Kasoft Base (active) since 2011

Exit:

Kasoft is a registered trademark of Kasoft Software, owned by Kade Hansson.

Author and editor: Kade "Archer" Hansson; e-mail: central@kaserver5.org

Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2012