What should I do?

[Jojo7]

So I have this spare 700 mhz classic slot a (512k L2) athlon system laying around the house. It has 265 mb of pc100 ram and a 6 gb hdd.

What should I do with it? I was thinking of installing some type of linux and making it into a firewall box but I know ZIP about linux.

My network right now looks like this: cable modem to router w/ 4 port switch , router to 3 pc's. IF i did set the 700 mhz up as a firewall, how would it fit into my network? Cable modem to 700 mhz, 700 mhz to router? or just stick it on a port on the router/switch?

P.S. - I messed around overclocking it and got it up to 770 mhz by adjusting the fsb dip switches on the motherboard. It seemed stable. I booted up into windows but it would not post at 115 fsb.

 

[Jojo7]

Bump!

Need help / ideas please.

 

[cmv]

a) Install a 250 GB drive and let it handle your BitTorrents.
b) Install a Hauppauge PVR-250/350 and have it handle your TV recording.
c) Part it out on Forsale/Trade.
d) Put it in the closet and look at it again in 3 years.
c) Take it out back and shoot it up.
d) Practice your Ninja skills on it.
e) Spray paint it in wild flourescent colors (construction zone orange highly recommended), install a fish tank compact flash light bulb, install some whirly LED fans and some blinking USb cables and take it to the next LAN party as your "killer machine." Extra points if you offer it as a door prize and get everyone really excited until they find out what it is.
f) Put linux on it as a router, play with it for 3 months, realize it's using tons of juice compared to a cheapo dedicated router that serves your needs anyway, unplug it and go back to a.

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edit: BTW, some of this I'm joking about--my main desktop is a Celeron 566 overclocked to 850 Mhz (with 512 MB of RAM, yadda yadda).