On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ideas wanted, however wacky! > > In my ongoing quest in cheapness, I re-acquired an old, and I mean OLD, > tower. Is there anything useful I could do with it, or is it just good > for parts, if any? It's a 100 MHz i486DX, 420 MB HD, 40 MB RAM, CD-ROM > drive (remember when all that was SOTA?), and I might be able to add > another HD and/or CD-RW drive out of my parts collection. There's > already a usable keyboard, mouse, display card, VGA monitor, floppy > drive, internal modem (33.6K IIRC), sound card, speakers, and available > ISA and PCI slots. I don't know much about available distros, but Damn > Small Linux sounds like it will work; it doesn't even meet the > requirements for Puppy Linux. What distro(s) would you recommend for > this antique? > > Here's the fun part, I hope: If I can get this thing running, what could > I do with it (preferably without putting any money into it)? Any ideas, > no matter how offbeat, would be welcome! I don't /think/ that I need it > as a server, firewall, router, or anything like that. Slide show? > Phone dialer or voicemail system? MP3 jukebox? The start of a computer > museum? I'm sure you guys can come up with some interesting things I > could do with it. Thanks very much in advance! > > Adam >
In the interest of cheapness, you might want to look at the power supply and consider what exactly you can do with this box and how much it will cost you to run it in the long run in terms of energy use. -- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
