What can I do witha 366mhz box?

[Ns1]

Any ideas? be creative people

3 computers in the house already, this one's spare

 

[Beau]

SETI

 

[loup garou]

mp3 box

 

[vi edit]

Dedicated shoutcast jukebox!

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Beau6183
SETI

On all four computers of course. Use it as an MP3 server and hook it up to your receiver.

 

debian...or eBay your router and use this as one.

 

[Electric Amish]

Gateway/Router/MP3 server

amish

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Gateway/Router/MP3 server

amish

Indeed. Just download FreeBSD and you're set for an easy to install, secure firewall, with extra functionality of your choice.

 

[notfred]

Webserver

 

[n0cmonkey]

OpenBSD

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Dedicated shoutcast jukebox!

that's actually waht i'm thinking of


i'm thinking about using it as a pure shoutcast box controlled by pcanywhere or something

eh eh??

 

Crunch SETI.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Dedicated shoutcast jukebox!

that's actually waht i'm thinking of


i'm thinking about using it as a pure shoutcast box controlled by pcanywhere or something

eh eh??

pcanywhere? Why spend money when you dont have to? Linux or a BSD can be controlled over an ssh link. Much easier, faster, and cheaper

 

[SSP]

Multimedia center. With a decent TV out card, Playing MP3's, DivX movies, DVD's or surf the web etc... Hocked up in a LAN configuration so you can share mp3's/movies faster. A friend of mine has this setup, and it kicks ass.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Dedicated shoutcast jukebox!

that's actually waht i'm thinking of


i'm thinking about using it as a pure shoutcast box controlled by pcanywhere or something

eh eh??

pcanywhere? Why spend money when you dont have to? Linux or a BSD can be controlled over an ssh link. Much easier, faster, and cheaper

ssh link? clarify plz; i learn pretty quickly, so point me in the right direction

i've never messed with linux before, although i'm willing to learn

 

[0roo0roo]

donate as a rudimentary web surf/word processing pc. it wastes too much power for use as router etc.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Dedicated shoutcast jukebox!

that's actually waht i'm thinking of


i'm thinking about using it as a pure shoutcast box controlled by pcanywhere or something

eh eh??

pcanywhere? Why spend money when you dont have to? Linux or a BSD can be controlled over an ssh link. Much easier, faster, and cheaper

ssh link? clarify plz; i learn pretty quickly, so point me in the right direction

i've never messed with linux before, although i'm willing to learn

ssh is an encrypted rsh program. OpenSSH.com has more information on OpenSSH.

 

[BigSmooth]

I had the whole "mp3 server" thing going on my GF's old 266 Packard Bell, but I eventually got rid of it... it was pretty much a waste of time.
It took forever to boot up, enqueue files, etc., and it took up too much space in my living room. Plus, my DVD player reads MP3 CD's anyway (and they sound better that way). I didn't want to invest any more money in a PCI video card with TV-Out, a new sound card, or anything else (if it would have even worked in a PB anyway) so now it's just sitting in storage.

 

[BatmanNate]

And if you don't have any luck with linux, windows XP has terminal services built in. Unlike SSH and telnet, this is a GUI interface. Or you can use VNC which I believe is free and runs on both linux and windows as a GUI interface.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
OpenBSD

For Linux/*BSD newbies OpenBSD is not the most userfriendly distro to start with. That's why I suggested FreeBSD instead.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
And if you don't have any luck with linux, windows XP has terminal services built in. Unlike SSH and telnet, this is a GUI interface. Or you can use VNC which I believe is free and runs on both linux and windows as a GUI interface.

X can be tunneled over SSH with relative ease

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
And if you don't have any luck with linux, windows XP has terminal services built in. Unlike SSH and telnet, this is a GUI interface. Or you can use VNC which I believe is free and runs on both linux and windows as a GUI interface.

X can be tunneled over SSH with relative ease

I've yet to encounter the relative ease you speak of when trying that.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
OpenBSD

For Linux/*BSD newbies OpenBSD is not the most userfriendly distro to start with. That's why I suggested FreeBSD instead.

As a relative newbie I found OpenBSD to be the easiest of all OSes I had previously tried (which included: BeOS, Win9x, WinNT, FreeBSD, Linux, DOS, Mac OS). Thats why I recommended OpenBSD. If you want to start a "which is easier: Open vs Free" debate I would more than glad to participate if it was in the appropriate forum. But this isnt the thread to start it in

Either one would be fine.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Beau6183
SETI

On all four computers of course. Use it as an MP3 server and hook it up to your receiver.

My thoughts exactly. I have a similar rig with all my CD's ripped/encoded with EAC-LAME that's plugged into my receiver's AUX jack via an SB Live card plus the daughter card that has RCA jacks. Kicks ass for parties: pick out playlist, select random play, walk away. You can even put the WMP-XP visualizations thingy on your TV while the music's playing if you're an uber-geek (like me).

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
And if you don't have any luck with linux, windows XP has terminal services built in. Unlike SSH and telnet, this is a GUI interface. Or you can use VNC which I believe is free and runs on both linux and windows as a GUI interface.

X can be tunneled over SSH with relative ease

It worked fine between two OpenBSD boxes for me. Maybe Ill try it this weekend if I either get the parts for another x86 machine or still own the Mac.

I've yet to encounter the relative ease you speak of when trying that.