What would you do with a 4yr old system?

[dquan97]

Old HP system...it won't even accept any additional RAM. I'm thinking of using it as a file server, though the RAM really limits its usefulness. So what would you do with it?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: dquan97
Old HP system...it won't even accept any additional RAM. I'm thinking of using it as a file server, though the RAM really limits its usefulness. So what would you do with it?

Link

 

[Ricemarine]

SHIP IT TO ME!.

I need it for a science project for cell analogies.

 

[Bozono]

Ditch the 32meg sticks and throw a couple 128 or 256's in and a video card and use it as a dedicated emulation machine(SNES & GBA) or a file(mp3 & movies)server. Or smash it with a hammer after raping it of it's hard drive.

EDIT; Go with Nintendo Emulation Machine and throw it in your bathroom.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

File server sounds good. It's too fast to play Descent and Descent II though. I need to find an old P266 ...

 

[gooseman]

Plant a fern in it.

Use it for a doorstop or paperweight.

 

[ironcrotch]

http://grid.org/projects/cancer/index.htm

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
http://grid.org/projects/cancer/index.htm

:thumbsup:

 

[Baked]

That thing's older than 4 years.

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
http://grid.org/projects/cancer/index.htm

Complete waste of electricity. Just dump your old pos in the 7eleven garbage bin.

 

[Xylitol]

Put it in your Lan
Teher's this one program that'll let you use that computer's CPU and RAM for ur main computer
I just forgot the name of it... i'll edit when I find it

 

[Paulson]

Sad thing is that's better than my server at the moment

I've got a PII 300Mhz web/file/ftp/mail server with 256megs of ram running 2k3 server...

That's what runs my forums as well as the top gear ftp....

Oh well

Do grid projects on it to fight cancer! (That's what I do)

 

[Bozono]

Originally posted by: Xylitol
Put it in your Lan
Teher's this one program that'll let you use that computer's CPU and RAM for ur main computer
I just forgot the name of it... i'll edit when I find it

You find it yet? Get your hand out of your pants.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Baked
That thing's older than 4 years.

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
http://grid.org/projects/cancer/index.htm

Complete waste of electricity. Just dump your old pos in the 7eleven garbage bin.

What? Protien/amino acid reactions with drugs looking for a cure for cancer is a waste of electricity? :|

 

[0roo0roo]

not worth the electricity it'll use. junk it

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
not worth the electricity it'll use. junk it

beware the wrath of nick lol

 

[IGBT]

..load linux in it. mabe redhat or something and learn a new op syst.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
not worth the electricity it'll use. junk it

beware the wrath of nick lol

Who's that?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
not worth the electricity it'll use. junk it

beware the wrath of nick lol

Who's that?

its the evil side of Nik

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
not worth the electricity it'll use. junk it

beware the wrath of nick lol

Who's that?

its the evil side of Nik

Nik IS the evil side! :Q

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
not worth the electricity it'll use. junk it

beware the wrath of nick lol

Who's that?

its the evil side of Nik

Nik IS the evil side! :Q

sorry my bad, nick is the randomly nice side that believes in cancer research. Nik is the person who would tell a person who just found the cure to cancer that they posted in the wrong forum.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
sorry my bad, nick is the randomly nice side that believes in cancer research. Nik is the person who would tell a person who just found the cure to cancer that they posted in the wrong forum.

You're damn right. :evil:

 

[ChefJoe]

Umm... craigslist it for free to someone who could use it ? I just redid a few P3 800s with 256 mb of memory to run XP for basic browsing and e-mail checking in the lab. My fellow grad students like using it if they don't feel they need their laptop.

 

[Nocturnal]

You can send it to me if you don't want it I'll take it for sure.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Isn't that more like a 7 year old system?

 

[tami]

linux?

you can run distributed computing applications on a linux console, i believe.