what have you done with your 200 mhz computer?

[normajean]

seems like no one wants it...schools are flooded with old computers..what to do with it?

 

[0roo0roo]

powering it is a waste of power so dont even suggest using it as a seti machine or whatever. its a keychain.

 

[Vic]

Heh... I gave mine away (like 3-4 years ago) to a friend of mine to give to his young son. Still has the Voodoo2 in it, I taught him to play Tribes1.

 

[spacelord]

my P-Pro 200 Mhz, 64MB, runs Redhat Linux.
although, I rarely turn it on lately.

even my P3-500 seems like a complete dog compared to my P4-2.53.
I use the 500 for newsgroup downloading.

 

[xirtam]

I used my 200 mhz machine with a parallel port relay interface I made for physics to power devices from my keyboard. Ultimate in laziness... just type a couple of commands and start the fan going, lights, TV, etc. That way I didn't have to get up to plug them in.

 

[Garet Jax]

My 233MMX is running my Red Hat Linux firewall.

My P3 450MHz is running Windows NT server for my domain.

And my 1.3 GHz Thunderbird is my wife's internet browsing machine

 

[jlee]

Gave it away..

 

[WarSong]

i gave my P233MMX w/96MB to my mom to use for email

 

[Thegonagle]

The best use for it is to set it up with Windows 98, Office, and some internet apps, and give it to a friend who needs it for homework or something.

I agree that using it for DC is a waste of electricity. (Except when it's already on. Then it can't hurt. )

 

[spanky]

i use mine as a router

 

[JSClark]

Mine is sitting in a junkyard somewhere in MA

 

[JetBlack69]

We gave it to someone's grandmother for e-mail.

 

[amdskip]

I plan on using it for a firewall in the dorms next year.

 

[Nohr]

I have a P150 laptop that I use solely to run Trillian. It's pretty slow, but good enough. Very handy to be able to chat while I'm gaming on my main machine without having to Alt-Tab.

I even run Seti on it. Figure why not if it's already on anyways. 2.5 day wu times.

 

[ElFenix]

its sitting lonely in the living room supporting a speaker

 

[stspad]

openbsd firewall

 

[oboeguy]

Put together a 166 system a year or so ago for the in-laws. My bro got a 233/64MB laptop cheap so I installed winME and Office for him (good thing I keep old versions of software).

I have some components to make a 350 machine, IIRC, which I will give to a poor kid who has no computer.

 

[Radiohead]

I smashed it with a sledge hammer, HULK SMASH

 

[Ranger X]

I took my P1 200Mhz apart and sold what was sellable on eBay.

 

[dionx]

scrapped it and sold it for parts. thinking of doing the same for my 1.4 athlon computer.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I'm going to use a 233mhz PII for a car mp3 player. I should have it done today.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I'm going to use a 233mhz PII for a car mp3 player. I should have it done today.

gonna have pics of that? i was thinking about a car pc/dvd player

 

[fjorner]

i upgraded my 166 to an athlon 450, then gave it to my mom. now she has a brand new gateway (shudder... they didn't ask me before buying it) and the 450 is going to my grandfather.

i have a p3 667 running my data storage unit for my 1.1mhz desktop and the wife's 2.4ghz laptop.

i don't need no stinkin' firewall.

 

[JoPh]

i think my 200 blew up. my 90 blew up too. oh well.

 

[Electric Amish]

Using mine as a FreeSCO Router...

amish