Ideas wanted, however wacky! In my ongoing quest in cheapness, I re-acquired an old, and I mean OLD, tower. Is there anything useful I could do with it, or is it just good for parts, if any? It's a 100 MHz i486DX, 420 MB HD, 40 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive (remember when all that was SOTA?), and I might be able to add another HD and/or CD-RW drive out of my parts collection. There's already a usable keyboard, mouse, display card, VGA monitor, floppy drive, internal modem (33.6K IIRC), sound card, speakers, and available ISA and PCI slots. I don't know much about available distros, but Damn Small Linux sounds like it will work; it doesn't even meet the requirements for Puppy Linux. What distro(s) would you recommend for this antique?
Here's the fun part, I hope: If I can get this thing running, what could I do with it (preferably without putting any money into it)? Any ideas, no matter how offbeat, would be welcome! I don't /think/ that I need it as a server, firewall, router, or anything like that. Slide show? Phone dialer or voicemail system? MP3 jukebox? The start of a computer museum? I'm sure you guys can come up with some interesting things I could do with it. Thanks very much in advance! Adam _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
