justapeon Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 It is a shame that "What to do with an old computer" thread was closed. There is so much more that could be added especially in the area of home automation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiwan Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 build a bad ass laser. im about to do this soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 There's a lot of things you can do with an old computer: 1. Build a nas server 2. Run virtual machines 3. Turn it into a media server 4. Use it for penetration testing purposes. 5. Build a firewall box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapeon Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 Web server Honeypot thin clients (sort of) cnc controller machine My latest project is to turn a p3 into a robot. Interfacing all the sensors is the complicated part. An education to say the least. I am also doing home automation via the parallel port. xmas lights, antenna rotator, air cannon controller, weather station, and etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 (edited) There's a lot of things you can do with an old computer: 1. Build a nas server 2. Run virtual machines 3. Turn it into a media server 4. Use it for penetration testing purposes. 5. Build a firewall box. 4. Use it for penetration testing purposes. hmmmmmmmmm... just kidding hahhaa.. Also a NAS with any other OS like windows xp or server 2003, i got an old celeron 900 and a pentium 3 1100 that i use as a server for storage, hook it up with a raid pci controller, pci gigabit enthernet and you're set! Also it's good to stream stuff that doesn't require any post processing, and one last thing torrents, uploads, downloads, "legal" only! Edited December 8, 2010 by Morpheus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) 4. Use it for penetration testing purposes. hmmmmmmmmm... just kidding hahhaa.. Also a NAS with any other OS like windows xp or server 2003, i got an old celeron 900 and a pentium 3 1100 that i use as a server for storage, hook it up with a raid pci controller, pci gigabit enthernet and you're set! Also it's good to stream stuff that doesn't require any post processing, and one last thing torrents, uploads, downloads, "legal" only! Ummm, you have a very dirt mind!!! Just kidding... I am a security oriented user, so i am most of the time performing attacks and penetration testing against my virtual machines, and its fun too. Plus there are so many things you can do with an old thread computer. You could contribute to scientific research or other related research activity by offering some of its idle power. Edited December 9, 2010 by Infiltrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapeon Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Penetration testing used to be called dating when I grew up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Penetration testing used to be called dating when I grew up. Ohhh I got it, so if someone asks you who's that girl I saw you with last night. You say, I took her out on a penetration testing and was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapeon Posted December 11, 2010 Author Share Posted December 11, 2010 It was not exactly that crude. Was lucky enough to be successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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