Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:07:18 -0800 (PST)
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what to do with an old PC
> >I have an old Pentium system (133 MHz) that is kicking around here. Any
> >suggestions as to what it would be good for? Internet access? We could
Even with Windows 98, 98lite.net to strip out IE, and using Netscape 4.76
would be a decently fast web browsing terminal. Toss in a CD-RW and you can
burn MP3 music w/o a hitch. (We're doing the same at work but with a 100Mhz
Pentium!)
> The bummer is that my old PC has a slow modem. I believe it's 28,800. I
> wonder if it's worth adding an external 56k modem to do this firewall? We
If you can run at 33Kb/s+ over your phone lines, then yes. It's really far
snappier when you can run at the usual 40-45Kb/s using a 56Kb modem.
(of course, internal modems in the US are only <$30 for a good one, like a
Creative Labs Modem Blaster, or $69 for a new Zoom 56Kb modem with improved
V.92 (vs. V90) standards support; externals tend to be much more expensive as
almost nobodys bothers with them now, and speeds tend to be better with
internal models as they don't have to go over the serial port.)
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