Depending on your amount of free bandwidth, there are some interesting
distributed computing projects that you might be able to contribute
to. s...@home is the largest, and probably most popular, but there are
all sorts of initiatives in Biology, Mathematics, Physics and other
fields. Here's a great listing from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_distributed_computing_projects
Wouldn't work on a TRS-80 or something of that age of course, but if
you have "newer-older" machines (old Macs/Intels), could be a fun
pursuit :)
- Patrick
On Mar 17, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Joe Atzberger wrote:
Check for a local branch of freegeek for rehabilitation and
environmental
disposal:
http://www.freegeek.org/
Columbus has one, so South Bend might too.
--Joe
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Jim Tuttle <j...@braggtown.com> wrote:
Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
How do y'all suggest I put to good use the increasing number of
extra
computers I have lying around my house?
You would think I was starting a computer museum with the number of
decommissioned computers I have at home. A few Macintoshes and a
couple
of
Intel-based machines. (Not to mention the TI-99A, or whatever.) I
don't
really need backup. I don't really need a Web server. Maybe I
could use
these computers as some sort of CPU Farm to do some sort of
interesting
computing.
Any suggestions?
One possibility would be to find somewhere to donate them. Many
cities
have non-profits that recycle computers to low-income families and
provide training.
Jim
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