>For anyone interested, last time I stopped at Molten Media >in Lichfield St they had 2 or 3 486 boxes with 16M RAM and >170-250 M hard drive. Ideal for a router/firewall/dialin >box running linux or BSD. They were $50.00 each, hardly a >big investment, but you will also need one or two isa network >cards ($10-20 each?) and a modem. Anyone wants a hand >setting one up or suggesting an appropriate distro let me >know. > >Maybe this is a topic for a session in the new year?
I wouldn't mind trying out a cluster of these with beowolf. 10 of these @ $70 (including netcards) plus cabling and a few extras, say $850 at the most. For $850, what would such a cluster be equivelant to? Yuri This message may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender or Natural Gas Corporation immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Natural Gas Corporation of New Zealand Ltd (NGC), On energy, or any of NGC's subsidiaries or related companies.
