Re: How to use old CPUs (Not Debian Specific)
On Saturday 15 October 2005 08:50 pm, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> Duncan Anderson wrote:
> > I agree with Rob. Obviously 200 dollars is a neglibible sum if you live
> > in the "first world", but spare a thought for people in places where a
> > P1 with a 1GB hd is something amazing, even with Win98 on it.
> > (Preferably something like Debian 2.1, though.)
>
> I do live in the "first world" but I just maxed out a credit card while
> moving cross-country, I am unemployed, I have a 4 year old daughter and
> my wife's salary as a librarian does NOT cover the bills. Virtually ANY
> outlay is too much at this time.
>
> --
> Marc Shapiro
> mshapiro_42@yahoo.com
I have a 486 66 MHz box (with 3 NIC) with ipcop installed for my firewall. I
have a PII 200 MHz acting as my fileserver, print server for a 400 MHz PII
Windows XP box, a 10 year old mac clone, and a laptop. I bought 6 400 MHz
PII for $20 a piece a year ago, and converted one to an XP box, the others
are for playing around with linux.
I get a kick out of seeing these old machines work in some productive way.
John
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