Founders Pictures Summer 2014         Very Brief Personal Computer History

The purpose of our Hardware Lab is to teach our IT Bachelors and Masters students as well as our High School Dual enrollment and Middle schools students to "learn about Hardware by working with it", to "learn about components" used in current workstations, laptops, servers and printers of different brands, and how they relate to each other.

To learn about Servers and clients Operating Systems such as Windows and Linux, and how applications are installed and used, including Virtual Machines containing multiple internal Operating Systems.

For LAN Networks and VOIP phones, we teach how to make, fix, and extend network cables (RJ45).

For analog telephones and faxes we teach how to make phone cables (RJ11 and RJ14) and how to punch them down in wall and rack mounted panels.

A server will be created and finally we will setup a network using Routers/Switches/Hubs and connecting network printers, creating hardware and software errors so that students can find them and fix them.

We have been interviewed by The Miami Herald, NBC and CBS. Orgranizations such as Dell Computers, Microsoft Corporation, Chrysler and Dade Country Public School District have visit us and we have also participated in Major projects such as Tiger Direct Conference at the Miami Marlins Park Stadium, Miami Mini Mart Faire providing volunteers and presenting a kiosk about our Hardware Lab.


Each group of graphics below represent the topics we will cover

  Computer Types
CellPhone.jpg
Cell Phone
iPad.jpg
iPad Tablet
HPlaptop.jpg
Laptop
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Workstation
serverFront.jpg
Server-Front
serverBack.jpg
Server-Rear
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MainFrame
BladesDell.jpg
Blade Computer
IBMblueGene.jpg
SuperComputer



  Central Processing Units (CPU) Intel, AMD, Motorola, IBM, IBM, NVIDIA
cpuIntel.jpg
Intel CPU
cpuAMD.jpg
AMD CPU
cpuIntelfront.jpg
Intel 7 CPU
cpuIntelBack.jpg
Intel CPU
cpuPins.jpg
Intel pins CPU
cpuIntel79.jpg
Intel 79 CPU
cpuMotorolaLong.jpg
Motorola CPU
cpuIBM.jpg
IBM CPU
cpuSCnvidia.jpg
Nvidia SC CPU
cpuIntelSC.jpg
Intel SC CPU



  Mother Boards - Intel, ASUS, Gigabyte, Acer, Biostar
mb1.jpg
Motherboard
mb2.jpg
Motherboard
mb3.jpg
Motherboard
mb4.jpg
Motherboard
mbAsus.jpg
Motherboard
mbBack.jpg
Motherboard



  Primary Memory - Kingston, IBM, HP, Fujitsu, PNY, Toshiba
rams.jpg
RAM Chips
ram1.jpg
RAM Chips
ram2.jpg
RAM Chips
ram3.jpg
Laptop RAM
ram4.jpg
Laptop RAM
ram5.jpg
RAM Chips
ram6.jpg
RAM Chips
ram7.jpg
RAM Chips
ram8.jpg
RAM Chips
ram9.png
10 TB RAM Fusion-IO



  Secondary Memory - Seagate, Western Digial, HP, IBM, Toshiba, PNY
HDinternal.jpg
Hard Disk Platters
hardDisk4TB.jpg
4 TB Disk
HDonBoard.jpg
On Board Drives
ssdSamsungHD.jpg
SSD Samsung
HotSwapableHDisks.jpg
Hot Swapable
hdExternalSeagate.jpg
External Hard Disks
ThumbDrive.jpg
Thumb Drives
tapes.jpg
Tapes



  Power Supplies -
PowerSupply.jpg
Power Supply
powerSupplyLaptop.jpg
Power Supply
powerSupplyInside.jpg
Power Supply
powerSupply2.jpg
Power Supply



  Ports
portVideo.jpg
Video ports
portDB9.jpg
Serial ports
portPCIA.jpg
PCIA kb mouse ports
portSound.jpg
Sound port
portRJj45-RJ11.jpg
RJ45 and RJ11
portParallel.jpg
Parallel ports



  Peripherals/Components
periMouse.jpg
Mouse
periKB.jpg
Keyboard
periPrinterAll.jpg
Multi Function Printer
periEar.jpg
Earphones
periCamara.jpg
Camera
periSpeakers.jpg
Speakers



  Routers - Switches - Hubs - Cisco, Netgear, HP, IBM
RouterMotorolaSBG6580.jpg
Router Front
RouterMotorolaSBG6580Rear.jpg
Router Back
/home/mr/Pictures/Switches.jpg
Network Switch
hub.jpg
Network Hub



  Cabling
cable1.jpg
cable rack
rj45Connector.jpg
RJ45 connector
/home/mr/Pictures/cablePower.jpg
Power cable
cableUSBext.jpg
USB cable
cableVGA.jpg
VGA cable
cablePowerSupply.jpg
Power Supply cables
cableSataDrive.jpg
Sata Drive cable
cableRJ45BulkJPG
RJ45 Bulk cable
cableHDMI.jpg
USB cable
coaxil.jpg
Coaxil cable



  Local Area Networks (LAN)
net1.jpg
LAN network



  Wide Area Networks (WAN)

Each group of graphics represent the topics we will cover
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