someone gave me an old PC, what to do with it ?

[Mark]

" Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98
OS Service Pack None
Computer Name JANET (Janet)
User Name ****

Motherboard:
CPU Type Cyrix 6x86MX/MII, 188 MHz PR233
Motherboard Name DFI P5BTX/L (3 ISA, 4 PCI, 4 SIMM, 2 DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Triton 82430TX
System Memory 64 MB
BIOS Type Award Modular (07/03/98)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM4)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter Trident 9685/9680/9682/9385/9382/9385-1 PCI (1 MB)

Storage:
Floppy Drive GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK
Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47
Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE80
Optical Drive ATAPI CD-ROM MARY500

Partitions:
C: (FAT32) 811 MB (86 MB free)
D: (FAT) 257 MB (257 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port

Network:
Network Adapter PPP Adapter.
Modem Standard Modem "

too slow to fold with but i have 2 that are the same i think, going to see what the other has in it tomorrow.

and what the heck does a turbo button on the front of the case do ?

some pics of the other PC, it has a different type of ram sticks and a big weird hard drive

[ScottE]

The turbo button is useless on that machine.


It's something from Pre Pentium days. Like 80486's 80386's ect.


Puts the computer into a sort of compatibility mode with the turbo off. Slows the CPU down. Useful for certain DOS apps.

[Blisster]

it might make a nice paperweight...

[Norm]

It probably won't live long anyway, so use it for testing.
Throw viruses at it, and then practice cleaning them, from Dos, or whatever..

Try free software on it, and see if they turn out to be spyware.
etc etc etc.

Or use it without an HD, router on a floppy. (Small Linux firewall)

Lots of things you could do with it. Just cause it's older and slower is not a problem, they were all like that a few years ago.

[goobee]

Hey, don't laugh. At one time, pre-pentium cpus were considered state-of-the-art. Don't ask how much I paid for my 486DX2 66mhz cpu when it was new.

[fixationdarknes]

Hey, don't laugh. At one time, pre-pentium cpus were considered state-of-the-art. Don't ask how much I paid for my 486DX2 66mhz cpu when it was new.

How much?



I don't think I went that far back. But I do remember the days of my Pentium-S 90 MHz. I still have it. I played Starcraft, Diablo I, Warcraft I, Warcraft II on it. Good times... I think it costed around 4k if not more.

[ub3r_n00b]

use it to run apache maybee????

-Preet

[g-c0de]

you can use it to install *nix and get aquainted with it (run services to configure and just experiment).

http://www.linuxiso.org

router maybe? http://www.freesco.org/

[Mark]

anyone know how to setup a cluster and run folding on it, maybe even put my p-3 500 PC on there as well ??

probably too much for me to learn but i am willing to try it maybe.

[g-c0de]

anyone know how to setup a cluster and run folding on it, maybe even put my p-3 500 PC on there as well ??

probably too much for me to learn but i am willing to try it maybe.

great idea! It would be cool project to setup a cluster and run folding@home, although I have no knowledge about it...

*added this thread to bookmark

[Tawcan]

Won't work...folding isn't multi-threaded so you can't run folding on a cluster by splitting up work load... you can have each CPU running 1 insance but with a Pentium it'll take you...forever.

[Chris]

Throw a pair of NICs in it and load up linux and use it as a router.
Or a boat anchor,
MP3 player would be my choice though.
Customize the case with black paint job, dress it up for component rack, hook up to stereo and pump out the mps inot the house.