Re: How to use old CPUs (Not Debian Specific)
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> Like I said, I don't have enough space in the new apartment to set up
> multiple computers, but I dislike having computing power going to waste.
good ...
( are you running password crackers while the machine is idle ? :-0 )
> Can anyone suggest a way to network/connect all four to possibly
> distribute the load among them? I am considering building a custom case
custom case is expensive ( time and labor and parts )
486 might be AT style mb?? vs newer atx
- re-packaging the midtower and full towers into a 2U box will save lots
of space if you want to save space and can find 2Us off ebay or some
other cheap places ( like local surplus stores )
- networking together ...
- just use a $10 10/100 ethernet hub and get the cables
- use the 486 as the gateway to get out of the house to the world
- to share compute power ..
- make your athlon the file server
- the p2 and 486 machines are just "dumb x11 terminals"
and boots and runns off cdrom or usb stick only ( runs in memory )
and its local disks in the 486/p2 are for user data or backup of
the file server data
- problem is if the file server dies, everybody is dead ..
so your p3 machine will be the backup fileserver
> to hold all the MBs and only have a single monitor, mouse and keyboard
> connected.
means you're probably needing a kvm .. and lots of cables
> The case would, obviously, have to be fairly large, but it
> could then act as a table, as well, so the space would still be more
> efficient than four seperate cases which serve no othere purpose.
a simple 2x4 will also work to house all the cases inside with a flat
table top ... ( it'd be a noisy and warm table?? )
c ya
alvin
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