On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Good post; I agree. My own server machine here at home (very non-critical) > has two IDE hard drives and a SCSI CD-ROM, all attached to a VLB > SCSI/IDE controller which I bought out of the junk basket from a local > electronics store for $5. Works great under Linux. The rest of the > system is a 486-33 motherboard and cpu I got for nothing, > 12mb of RAM, 4mb in 30 pin simms, cranky old IDEs, a soundblaster > cdrom, etc. Linux works well on it. Not for development for me, > but a good web/smb/netware/print server.
This is somewhat pushing the limits but still a very reasonable use for an old machine with just enough resources to make it a pity to throw it away but not enough to use it as a primary machine (even after upgrades). I am preparing to use a somewhat larger (just slightly - mainly more memory) machine as a hub for a leased line (with an FR card from Sangoma). [Cyrix snipalia] I could not agree more. There are two primary reasons to get a Pentium now - SMP and/or heavy FP work (be it games or number crunching). ---MAV (finger for PGP signature block) My opinions are my own and only my own. Standard disclaimer applies. Marc A. Volovic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linguists do it cunningly -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]