I've used them as voicemail boxes, and simple controllers for electronics (see the Coffee-HOWTO). Timothy On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Austad, Jay wrote: > A 486DX4100 with 32MB of ram can spit out 2 million emails a day using qmail > (http://cr.yp.to). > > Firewall. > > 10/100 ethernet switch. (buy a couple of the 4 port intel Etherexpress > cards for it and load the linux router project on it) > > Doorstop. > > A diskless Xterminal for your coffee table which displays data from your > main workstation in your bedroom. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Opp [mailto:cop7586 at hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 4:16 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG:23077] Creative uses for old PCs using Linux? > > > > > What kinds of things can be done using Linux on old PCs, (i.e. 486, Pentium > 100, etc)? I am already aware that you can use an older 486 to make a router > > out of it, but what other creative things can be done? > > > > Chris Opp > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Houck thouck at thouck.com www.thouck.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org