Old Computer Ideas?

[Sayth]

What do I do with an old pc such as this:

AMD Thunderbird 1.2Ghz
512 SDRAM
100G hd
Radeon 9600SE
Super Digital TV tuner (philips 7130 chipset)
CD, Floppy, 2 USB 2.0
10/100 ethernet
onboard sound


I've tried the whole mythtv thing (my tv tuner is a POS in linux as no one has proper drivers for it) and after I finally figured that all out I realized that my digital cable can't be decrypted by this tuner anyway so there really is no point unless I want to use it to record the channel I'm watching. I mainly wanted to be able to set it to record shows on different channels and set it to record while I'm gone.

Any other ideas? I was thinking a ROM box so I can put away my NES, Genesis, N64 SNES, and Playstation... with only copies of the games I own of course.

What do you think?

 

[tiraides]

You can also make it into a print/web/file server... or a firewall... or a Linux computer... or....

 

[leSLIe]

install Win98 on that PC and u can play all those old good games like Ultima Underworld, Duke Nukem, and so on

 

[engiNURD]

Heh... found something to quote...

Lol, I just dug up one of my old posts to copy into another post. And then I see this one while it was still on the clipboard. So here it is again.

#1 Fold - Google [H]orde Team 33 and Google "Folding Farm"
#2 Network Attached Storage - Google NAS DIY
#3 Mail / Web Server - Google Apache Server
#4 Christmas Light Controls - Google Computer Christmas
#5 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Google SETI
#6 Learn Linux - Google Ubuntu and DistroWatch
#7 Sell it - You should have no need to google ebay.
#8 Donate it to a folder - http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=111
#9 Use it as a backup or second PC - Presently I'm at 3 running and 3 unplugged on standby (1 of those will be for #4 in another two months).

more...
#10 Media Jukebox for parties - Google Silverjuke
#11 HTPC (maybe you'll want a new case and TV tuner card) - http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=103
#12 Total Home Automation - Google x-10
#13 Mod it into something new and exciting that will compliment your style - http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13
#14 Firewalled router - Google m0n0wall
#15 Build an arcade cabinet - Google MAME
#16 Build a carputer - Google Car Computer
#17 Build a USB controlled Dance floor or Bar - http://web.mit.edu/storborg/ddf/

OMG!!! am I the only girl in this forum?!?!

Heh, I think so. That, or the others don't want people to know they're girls cuz of all the attn they'd get. Remember that one thread in GenHard from a girl who needed help choosing parts for a PC? it had like a million views cuz it said "help a girl" in the title, lol.

 

[dandragonrage]

Personally, I'd give it to a family member.

 

[Version_3]

I have an old s754 that I turned into the following (mostly at the same time)
ET:QW server for my clan
Folding
Streaming XM to my clans Ventrilo
NAS for my home machines and my clan via Hamachi

And I shut down the XM and vent when I use the machine to play movies to my 40" Sammy.

I like the NAS option, but only if no one you know could use such a machine.
I also have a P4 3.0E Prescott that I'll be reassembling to give to a friends grandparents for educational gaming for the grandkids.