Vending Machine is currently unavailable.  It is being cleaned up and prepared.

Vending-Machine is the name of my home server.  I use it for various tasks, like testing code, running server apps, and installing programs I wouldn’t want cluttering up my desktop.  It’s actually a pretty decent computer.  It isn’t very good at playing games, but it does other things well.  It is running nearly 24/7 – I shut it off every now and then when I feel it needs a break or there’s updates.

My server isn’t very active, so I’m opening it up for others to use.  If anyone wants to use it for testing, development, or other things, just contact me and I can set you up with an account.  Things are locked down pretty tight on my server.  Hard drives and folders actually do have proper security set up on them.

I have a DynDNS address set up to access Vending-Machine, so that there is no need to memorize IP addresses – or worry about the IP changing.  It can be accessed via vending-machine.ath.cx The current status of Vending-Machine and its ports can be viewed here.

Here’s the specs:

• Windows 7 64-bit Pro
• 3.1 GHz Dual core AMD
• 2 TB + 500 GB + 80 GB Internal HDDs
• 1 TB + 2 TB External USB2 HDDs
• 4 GB RAM
• DVD Burner
• 100 Mb LAN + 1 Gb LAN

And here’s a list of things installed on it:
Software installed:

• 7-zip
• Perl 5.10
• ActiveState Komodo IDE 5
• ActiveState Perl Dev Kit 8
• Adobe CS4
• Adobe CS5 (Trial expired)
• Auslogics (Maintenance tools)
• avast!
• Battle for Wesnoth
• Cygwin
• Diagram Designer
• FileZilla
• Firefox
• FlashDevelop 3
• Java
• K-Lite Codec Pack
• Hamachi
• MySQL 5
• NetLimiter 2 Monitor
• OpenOffice
• PHP 5
• Pidgin
• PostgreSQL 8
• Ruby
• Steam
• TF2 Dedicated Server
• Tortoise CVS
• Tortoise SVN
• Ventrilo Server
• VirtualBox
• Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

It also has quite a few server programs running on it.
Servers:

• RDP
• CVS
• HTTP
• Wesnoth
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• FTP
• TF2 Dedicated Server
• HTTPS
• SSH
• Ventrilo

So, my server is actually very useful, and good at what it does.  I frequently connect to it through RDP while I’m at work to do things.  Whether I’m checking email, screwing around, or coding, it does a good job.  The internet speed at my workplace could be more desirable though.