I've messed around with a fair bit of operating systems and hardware over the years:
As a student:
- AT&T UNIX on 3b15 and UNIX PC 7300
- Commodore 64 and 128
- MS-DOS on whitebox x86 hardware
- Tano Outpost II
- VMS on DEC VAX
- VM/CMS on IBM 4381 and 9377
- AOS/VS II on Data General Eclipse
- Dynix on Sequent servers
- HP Tru64 UNIX on DEC/Compaq Alpha workstations
- IRIX on SGI Indy workstation
- MacOS X on Apple iBook, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and Power Mac
- Microsoft Windows, Windows NT and Xenix on x86 hardware
- SCO OpenServer and Red Hat Linux on Dell PowerEdge servers
- SunOS and Solaris on Sun workstations and E250/E450 servers
- Windows and Red Hat Linux on Dell Latitude laptops, Optiplex and Precision desktops
At random:
- AIX on IBM PC/RT and RS/6000 workstations
- Domain/OS on Apollo workstations
- HP/UX on HP 9000 workstations
- NEWS-OS on Sony NEWS workstations
- PC/GEOS on whitebox x86 hardware
Coding in:
- Commodore BASIC, Fortran-77, MegaBASIC, PERL 4, PHP 3, REXX, SQL (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
Online systems:
- QuantumLink, BITNET Relay, IRC, TinyMUD, MUSH, MUCK, MOO, LPMUD, QuartzBBS, ISCABBS, PrismBBS, USENET (alt.sysadmin.recovery, comp.binaries.geos, rec.music.artists.queensryche and others)
Roles:
- Consultant, Helpdesk, Postmaster, Programmer, Security Goon, Spamfighter, System Administrator, System operator, Webmaster
There may be (read: probably are) a few other things I forgot at the time I was writing this page, so if you're looking for a Dan Birchall who has done something entirely different in technology, it may or may not be me. Please contact me to be sure one way or the other.