What would you do with a 4yr old system?

[bigi]

MAME it

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Nik

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:

God Dam Nik... U really do get picked on...

There are strange people among us.

Originally posted by: GamerExpress

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: GamerExpress

Originally posted by: shilala
Be nice, kids.
If you have to pick on someone, use Nik.

I agree 110%. Who is this Nik guy? I think he feels he owns the ATOT forum or something.

Nik is the Anti-Forum.
He's ever-present and all-seeing.
Watch your step.

And his symbol is 1010011010b.

Uh oh....I better be careful then, I don't want to be outcast from the forums by the all knowing Nik.

 

[DaShen]

Linux box, or if you have bandwidth use it for one of those research projects online.

 

[dug777]

yeah...that thing is VASTLY older than 4 years...

 

[George P Burdell]

heh, i have a P100 with 48MB of ram running as a fileserver. it has 350GB, sits on top of my wardrobe, has only a power cable and a rj-45 sticking out of it.

 

[digiram]

Give it to a 4 yr. old?

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: bigi
MAME it

:thumbsup:

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Nik

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:

God Dam Nik... U really do get picked on...

There are strange people among us.

Originally posted by: GamerExpress

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: GamerExpress

Originally posted by: shilala
Be nice, kids.
If you have to pick on someone, use Nik.

I agree 110%. Who is this Nik guy? I think he feels he owns the ATOT forum or something.

Nik is the Anti-Forum.
He's ever-present and all-seeing.
Watch your step.

And his symbol is 1010011010b.

Uh oh....I better be careful then, I don't want to be outcast from the forums by the all knowing Nik.

don't worry, he's unfeeling. its a bot.

 

[hellokeith]

Would make a nice console-only Linux system. I could run my IRC server and networked Subversion repository on it nicely.

 

[Linflas]

The school system I work for is upgrading Vectra VL 400's to 512 RAM and running XP on them.

 

[weirdichi]

Donate it to a needy student. I work in an elemenatry school and there are many kids who would LOVE to have a computer.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: gooseman
Plant a fern in it.

The world is crying out for more potted ferns.

 

[Powermoloch]

Make it as a zombie comp that spreads crap to otther comps ....

 

[Rock Hydra]

Firewall, server, music server

 

[Ulfwald]

My 3 year old son uses a P III 600 with 764 mb ram for play DVDs, his learning games, surfing Noggin, Disney, and the The Wiggles. He has a wireless connection. Yeah, he is 3 and uses a "puter". He can work puzzles, play music, etc.., He is good on it as well. I actually had ot upgrade him from a P II 333 with 512 mb ram because of the flash games on the websites he likes to play on.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

If you don't want it, I'll take it and send you the $$$ for shipping

 

[Malak]

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?

4 year old? That looks more like 5-6.

 

[classy]

Linux

 

[Ulfwald]

Originally posted by: classy
Linux

That or Smoothwall Firewall

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

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?

I am pondering the same thing with my AMD K6-2 400.

I might just turn it into a linux file server down the road. I'd probably toss in a raid controlelr and use it for a BIG at home file server. Jsut keep music on it and stuff.

 

[piasabird]

A PIII 600 is just basically junk. It is my opinion that it is not worth spending money on. I think it is a waste of money to spend a dime on. However, you might find parts for that for only a little money. Sometimes custom computer shops have old pcs sitting around that people trade in. What you need is probably sitting in someone's den.

Keep this in mind. A $400.00 integrate 400Mhz FSB P4 will run circles around a PIII 600, so dont spend much on an older computer. You will never see ROI on 5 year old technology. Sometimes it is better to spend more money to save money in the long run.

Of course you can just wait a little longer or try buying some old ram if you want. What type of RAM does the board have? It might be proprietary and expensive to find.

HP has a bad history for Proprietary Hardware.

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Malak

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?

4 year old? That looks more like 5-6.

Probably longer. My p4 1.8 is 4 1/2 years old. 512 ram, 80gb hd, & an mx440. Still a champ.

 

[aplefka]

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.

:laugh:

That was seriously one of the posts of the year. Is that ATOT quote engine still running? That definitely needs to be on there.