I only make direct use of my old PCI PowerMacs for 8 weeks out of the year at the summer camp I run. There are several things I do with them in the off season:
1) If there are employees of mine who don't have/can't afford a computer, I lend them out during the off-season. My 4400 is currently on loan for that purpose. 2) They make great servers for all types of stuff. For one, OS 9 is a virtually unhackable web server (which is why www.army.mil uses WebSTAR on OS 9 to serve up their web site). I use my 7500 as a music server and for backups. If I didn't currently live in a closet in Manhattan, I would probably do other nifty things with my trusty old 7500, including playing around with home automation (X-10). --Chris iBook 700 OS X.2.4 PM 7500/200 OS 9.1 PM 4400/200 OS 8.6, NetBSD On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 12:42 PM, Jim Anderson wrote: > I've recently picked up a Pismo to use as my main Mac, replacing > my 8500. The 8500 is reasonably nicely spec'd out (140MB RAM, disks > totalling 24GB), and was previously my main mac. I'm trying to figure > out what I can do with the thing, now. It's pretty loud, especially > when > I crank up the external Atlas drive, and just isn't as convenient to > use > as a desktop as the Pismo is. Something that would put the thing out in > the shop with my other server would be ideal, to avoid the > 747-taking-off sound of it. I've already got a server that handles my > mail and web hosting, so that's out. Does anyone have any other ideas > of > what I can use this for? > > The other option, of course, would be to give it away to a > friend of mine who writes on her 8500. Her's doesn't have as much > memory > or disk space, so she'd probably get some decent use out of it. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
