w00t! Two free computers!

[Nemesis77]

Well, almost free ! I got them really cheap from my workplace. I already bought one of 'em and currently thinking about buying the other one as well (I propably will). Their specs are:

200Mhz Pentium Pro
64megs of RAM
3GB SCSI-drive
CD-ROM

The other one has 200MHz Pentium and no drive (yet, I will try to find one before I buy it). Both have NT4 Server (not for long though) in 'em. Also, I might be able to increase the amount of RAM.

Both will run Linux, that much is certain. But what could I do with 'em? Any suggestions? I will install Apache on one of 'em, and will also try out FTP. But what else? Fileserving is one propable thing I'll do, and maybe a mp3-server (but I need bigger drives)...

 

[MichaelD]

Nice. I love getting new stuff...even if it's not "new", it's new to me, you know? The cool thing is, you can beat on these boxes as much as you want as they aren't your main rig. Fun time!

 

[SaltBoy]

w00t

 

[Kadarin]

Run an eDonkey server.. we need more of 'em...

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Nice. I love getting new stuff...even if it's not "new", it's new to me, you know? The cool thing is, you can beat on these boxes as much as you want as they aren't your main rig. Fun time!

True . I love to learn new stuff and try out things, but I can't really do that with my main rig, 'cause if the computer fails, then I have no computer to use! But these older, practically free computers are perfect for that kind of stuff!

 

[bacillus]

so you got 2 eh!
every think of sharing resources??

 

[geekender]

Seti for TeAm Anandtech!

 

[Texmaster]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
Well, almost free ! I got them really cheap from my workplace. I already bought one of 'em and currently thinking about buying the other one as well (I propably will). Their specs are:

200Mhz Pentium Pro
64megs of RAM
3GB SCSI-drive
CD-ROM

The other one has 200MHz Pentium and no drive (yet, I will try to find one before I buy it). Both have NT4 Server (not for long though) in 'em. Also, I might be able to increase the amount of RAM.

Both will run Linux, that much is certain. But what could I do with 'em? Any suggestions? I will install Apache on one of 'em, and will also try out FTP. But what else? Fileserving is one propable thing I'll do, and maybe a mp3-server (but I need bigger drives)...

With those specs they should have paid you

hehe j/k

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: geekender
Seti for TeAm Anandtech!

Well, that comes without saying

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: Texmaster
With those specs they should have paid you

hehe j/k

Hey, they can serve files without any problems, act as an mp3-server, www-server, ftp-server, router ... And the price was nominal, they couldn't give them away, so I had to pay something.

 

[Texmaster]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

Originally posted by: Texmaster
With those specs they should have paid you

hehe j/k

Hey, they can serve files without any problems, act as an mp3-server, www-server, ftp-server, router ... And the price was nominal, they couldn't give them away, so I had to pay something.

Oooohhh. Gotcha.

 

[Cyberian]

200Mhz Pentium Pro
64megs of RAM
3GB SCSI-drive
CD-ROM

Hell, I'm posting from a P200 (not Pro) with 80mb of RAM, a 2.5 GB IDE HDD, and a broken 2X CD-Rom!

 

[pac1085]

My dads company is throwing out THOUSANDS of IBM GL 300's and better, complete with 17" viewsonic monitors....and they are PAYING a company to 'recycle' them. I hope to be getting a few(dozen) before they get rid of them, would make a reallly nice crack rack

 

[hoihtah]

hey... i'll gladly take ol' computers from anyone.

it'd really help me practice setting up networks and stuff.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: ICSVortex
My dads company is throwing out THOUSANDS of IBM GL 300's and better, complete with 17" viewsonic monitors....and they are PAYING a company to 'recycle' them. I hope to be getting a few(dozen) before they get rid of them, would make a reallly nice crack rack

Ebay 'em, you'll make a fortune from the monitors alone.

 

[virusag11]

My company threw away a "broken" PIII 700, 128mg, 32x cdrom, integrated video, I went dumpster diving after work and all it needed was a new mobo. I'm glad our techs are idiots, just wish the dumpster wasn't so big.

 

[yakko]

What about making one a firewall/router?

 

[EvilYoda]

Lucky SOB......I'd like a cheap system too (or two....or three), so that I can run a linux-box and then dedicate one box to file-sharing (I'm at 4 gigs free on my 100 gigger.......not good, time to start burning)

 

[saftey]

Use it as a centralize nerve system for tunring on and off lights in home.