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

[Timothy Houck <thouck@thouck.com>]

Hiya.

Have you tried this?  What kind of cable did you use and how long did it
take before it broke? :)

The longest I've ever tried is a 45 foot chain of serial cables ;).  Not
recommended...

Timothy

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Kent Schumacher wrote:

> 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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> > | Unix/Linux Consulting |  [ Haiku Error Message:          ]
> > |  PC/Mac Repair        |  [  Chaos reigns within.         ]
> > |   Networking          |  [  Reflect, repent, and reboot. ]
> > | http://nerp.net       |  [  Order shall return.          ]
> > *-----------------------*  [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ]
> > 
> >  "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."
> > 
> > On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Chris Opp wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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