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What to do with a really old computer

ComputerWizKid

ComputerWizKid

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The Case Said Intel PIII other wise I would have not taken this machine but since I have it now is there any thing I can do with it Besides destroying it(Which I dont want to do)

Here are specs to drool over
AMD K5 133
160MB Of Ram
2.5 GB HDD
4X CD-ROM
1MB VIdeo card
Floppy Drive
14.4 Modem
Sound Card
No OS on it currently (boots to "please insert system Disk")

So does this have any use or should I gut it for parts?
 
Build some kewl art sculpture out of it .. solder some weird stuff on it, paint it funky colors, then sell it on ebay for some exuberant amount of money - some strange dude would probably buy it.
 
Originally posted by: ComputerWizKid
What Linux Should I put on it?
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Whichever one you can get for free.

I got Suse free off this forum long time ago, & maybe you can still search out that one (apologies that I can't offer you a link to a source for it). If you have any connections to a university you might explore that as apossible free source.

 
Originally posted by: bookman
Give it to charity - whether religous-based or secular. It can be used by them as an office machine.
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Most charities don't want machines that are more than 5 years old. The ones that do probably won't use it as an office machine... they'll just recycle it for spare parts.
 
use it as a mail server/firewall

and nix firewall takes liek a floppy to run and its much better then your router
you could also use it for web casheing
 
hard drives are fun to take apart with a hammer. I like playing with the disks inside them. (are they poisonous or anything??)

Other parts of computers are also fun to smash with a hammer and or sledge hammer.
 
Originally posted by: V00D00
hard drives are fun to take apart with a hammer. I like playing with the disks inside them. (are they poisonous or anything??)

Other parts of computers are also fun to smash with a hammer and or sledge hammer.
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certain parts are
 
Try to find someone who might want it for a useful project (locally, as shipping will kill any offers). Your 160mb of ram is plentiful and so makes the machine potentially very useful.
 
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