Ask HN: How many computers you got?

Just wondering how many (working) computers do you have at home, if you're on HN you are probably technical and maybe even a developer. How many computers do you have? Not counting computers that I could set up to do something but haven't because I would need to do stuff to make it all work I have 4 computers, counting stuff I need to do to make work probably 7 or 8.

Also one Android Tablet. An old Ipad that would need to do stuff to make work. And a reMarkable tablet.

13. One for each month of the year. Although my Mercedonius computer doesn't get used every year, for obvious reasons.

Right now probably 2-3 working modern PC’s not including my work laptop and a number of retrocomputers including and SGI Indy, HP A600+, a very good condition and complete HP-86, an Alpha and probably a few others I’m forgetting. I also have maybe 2-3 other modern machines that are either gutted or dead atm.

I also have a number of terminals including an HP X-terminal, a Tektronix graphics terminal and a Videotex terminal.

I also have a number of “not general purpose computers” including a variety of retro telecom/network line analyzers, an android tablet, and various small hobbyist embedded systems. Some of these are basically PC’s like my Agilent J2300E which is just a Win95 machine with specialized hardware you wouldn’t normally see on a PC like V.35 and RS-449.

Still have quite a few machines I want in all categories above, but I’ll probably be needing a storage unit soon.

In terms of live, installed, ready to go:

2. A main daily driver (Ubuntu 20) and my old desktop machine running Proxmox so I can spin up any test network I want/need for dev work.

4 if you're including laptops (HP Elitebook w/ Ubuntu 20, Macbook air) but they're mostly gathering dust as I've not commuted anywhere in a few years

Also got an old Android tablet which is mostly dedicated to Todoist (mounted above my monitor on an arm) and an iPad for background entertainment/distraction while working. They dual-function as test devices as needed for webdev :)

I used to have the could-probably-get-it-working guts of 4 or 5 laptops and an older desktop following me around but I guess they finally got sold off for parts during my last move

I'd probably have more but I'm renting a relatively small single room compared to my last place. The two desktops alone have meant I've not needed the heating on whenever they're both going.

E: Oh aye there's also a 9-disk NAS knocking about somewhere too (Synology DS918 plus an expander bay). I use that more than my desktop I guess technically. Everything mounts off it somehow or other so I'm counting it :)

Tell you what, Tailscale is the one app that's got me back into home network nerdery. I love hosting internal things on my Proxmox server or NAS that just.. work, even when I'm not at home. No matter where I am in the world, I can mount nas.coio.uk and, aside from a bit of lag in some places, it works just as well as it would locally connected. That's so cool!

Four windows laptops (two from our employers), old windows Phenom X4 file server, new(er) windows Ryzen 7 PRO desktop, Rocky Linux Athlon X3 webserver, (2) Amiga 3000s, Amiga 500, mini HTPC (needs repair), Mac Mini w/ MorphOS, Pegasos 2 w/ MorphOS, several spare A3000s for parts/repair, RPi Zero W, Android tablet.

17? 18? Maybe more. ha