Re: [TCLUG:23077] Creative uses for old PCs using Linux?

[Kent Schumacher <kent@structural-wood.com>]

Go pick up a 40 Gb hard drive, a network card, and a lot of cable and 
put the '486 out in the neighbors garage for an offsite automated backup 
device...


Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
> we use older linux boxes for file servers, or simple stuff like network
> monitoring.. DNS, DHCP, MRTG.. and a few other things
> 
> Thank You,
>         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Chris Opp wrote:
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> >
> >
> > 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