Re: low-MHz server
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Mihira Fernando wrote:
| Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
|> Hello,
|>
|> I have an unusual situation and problem at which I've been chipping
|> away. The base technology predates my IT experience.
|>
|> My wife is sensitive to what she describes as electromagnetic fields.
|> She gets headaches and other pains when exposed to equipment: the higher
|> the frequency, the worse her symptoms. For example, a VT is better than
|> a regular CRT connected to even a P-II-233 MHZ while a 486DX4-100 is
|> better than the P-II. Both are far better than my Athlon64 @3.5 GHz.
|> And any CRT is better than any LCD/plasma screen. Even my Palm Zire (I
|> think 233 MHz) with its ~2"x~3" screen is unsuitable within about 30
|> feet of her. She can't wear a digital watch.
| Time to call a psychiatrist ?
lol, i was going to say time for a new wife... kidding..
|>
|>
| I once ran Apache, Postfix, Dnsmasq, mysql,Squid and Dansguardian on an
| old IBM box that had a Pentium MMX 166 and 96MB memory and a 5 GB hard
| disk. IBM called these machines "Aptiva" and they put them on the market
| soon after Windows 95 was released.
| It was functioning as DHCP server, gateway, transparent proxy and web
| filter for a LAN of about 40 PCs.
| It had Etch (when it was still testing) and ran without any problems
| until the hard disk died several months ago.
| The 2 changes I did to that box was to add memory and add a second
| cheapo PCI NIC.
|
| Mihira.
I bought a vigor, used for around $100, for my sons first pc, god I cant
remember exactly when, gotta be 6 or 7 years ago. had win 98 on it.
its p2, 333 mhz, 128k upgraded to 768mb ram, 300 gig drive, 4 pci, 1
agp. this thing has been my "server" for about 4 years now. running
etch, 3 websites, print server, etc. this thing has been rock solid,
and as long as ive owned it, has never crashed. (cept for win 98 lol)
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Steve Reilly
http://reillyblog.com
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