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Suggest-a-use for my old comp

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AtomicFire

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I've got an OLD OLD P133 16mb ram 1gb hdd here from Gateway that was given to me.

I wanna do something with it..but i can't think of any ideas.
I want something along the lines of media player or something with home automation...etc.etc but I just can't think of anything right now.

It'll be running a bone stock minimal install of RH9.0 Linux on it. I know my way around linux so its not a problem to be poking around.

Right now i'm thinking of a music jukebox for my other room streaming from a server inside my house.

I just want ideas that scream GEEK...haha

Thanks for your time...suggest away!
 
I would like to know the answer to this problem also, I have a similar rig, except it a IBM Thinkpad, and would like to know some uses for it also. Sorry if im derailing, but do you know if RH or Fedora can install over FTP/HTTP? Unfortunately the laptop can only boot from floppy.
 
guito13 said:
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I would...but that would eat up all my P133 cycles :p
As for the lappy, get a bootable floppy that has support for a PCMCIA network card...and you're golden! I did it this way with an old old 755Cs that I had.
 
If you have a wireless router, get a wireless pci card for it and turn it into a file server for your home.
 
shadowbreaker513 said:
If you have a wireless router, get a wireless pci card for it and turn it into a file server for your home.
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Already got one...

Dualie AMD MP 1.9 ghz

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:)
 
the only suggestion i can make for a pc w/ those specs is: go to a shooting range w/ a buddy, or out in the middle of nowhere, and just completely destroy the thing. its great fun :D :D

and dont forget the sledgehammers and nades :p

jk about the nades... unless you really have one to spare :D
 
Tell you what; take the computer to a back alley, bring a sledge hammer, and then give the computer a face lift. People need less junk in their homes. If you don't want to waste, give the computer to the Salvation Army. A P133 is JUNK!
 
slowbiz said:
Tell you what; take the computer to a back alley, bring a sledge hammer, and then give the computer a face lift. People need less junk in their homes. If you don't want to waste, give the computer to the Salvation Army. A P133 is JUNK!
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Heh half the fun is getting shit to run on old old hardware...I had a PHP\mysql webserver running once on a AMD 386 12MHz...boy that was fun :D it really didn't serve a usefulness until I turned it into a linux router (cable to whole house)...and it finally died when some mice in the basement decided they needed a warm home on top of the motherboard. It didn't even have a case...it just sat on 2x4's for over a year.

Heh..stuff like this is exciting to me...maybe i'm just f'ed up but hey to each his own right?
 
slowbiz said:
Tell you what; take the computer to a back alley, bring a sledge hammer, and then give the computer a face lift. People need less junk in their homes. If you don't want to waste, give the computer to the Salvation Army. A P133 is JUNK!
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I did that to my mx700. :D
 
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