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

[Timothy Houck <thouck@thouck.com>]

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@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 4:16 PM
> To: tclug-list@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
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