what should I do with this 200mhz pos

[1337n00b]

I have this 200mhz, 32mb ram, integrated video, piece of shot computer; I can't figure out what to do with it. I installed Windows 2000 on it but it's soo slow. It's like even dial up internet is faster than this thing.

What should I do with it?

[armadaender]

NAS box, samba server, damn small linux box, get a few more and make a linux cluster, testing center, intusion-detection system. There are tons more out there, get creative. A piece of old hardware can always be useful.

[Sparda]

Install DSL and use it as a Folding machein and general desktop computer.

[stingwray]

I'm sure you could use your imagination if you had any.

Either than or might i suggest the 'Search' function or 'Google'. You might have heard of them before, they come in use quite often.

[1337n00b]

I'm sure you could use your imagination if you had any.

Either than or might i suggest the 'Search' function or 'Google'. You might have heard of them before, they come in use quite often.

Are there any ways you can post without sounding like a prick?

[Famicoman]

Ah, flaming! MAn, you should read the new members topic.

[1337n00b]

Ah, flaming! MAn, you should read the new members topic.

I have before and I just did.

. Flaming does occur but please keep it minimal.

[VaKo]

no n00b bashing, no flame wars

-VaKo

[stingwray]

Are there any ways you can post without sounding like a prick?

Sorry to hear that you have come to this conclusion.

Perhaps its people like you that just bring the bad side of me out.

Must resist the temptation to flame, I apologiese to all regular members of the forum.

[Rab]

throw it off the roof of a car park and video it !

[1337n00b]

I'm going to experiment with this computer and learn some new prog languages on it (if i can) and maybe even learn a new distro of linux.

Right now my favorite languages are php and c++.

[PoyBoy]

Uh, turn it into a a 1337 haxxor command center. Hell search before you post random crape. (intentional spelling)

[leetabix]

I think people here are intolerant of ignorance and laziness. Which is a good thing to be, however people have varying ideas of what they consider to be either of these notions. I would've probably thought the same as stingwray but instead posted in a helpful manner, as I'm a soft touch.

[1337n00b]

I just needed a little creative input from the other members because I'm not exactly mr. creativity. But you guys gave me some good ideas and pointed me in a direction and I'm grateful for that. So, thank you.

[barrytone]

I think one of the best ways to make use of it would be to install a variety of operating systems on it (various distros of linux, older versions of windows etc) and learn to attack and secure each one.

You can learn a lot like that :)

[Garda]

install openbsd and make it into a network router.

being a pos you will probably only be able to use the shell, cos gui will be too annoyingly slow.

learn to use pf for you firewall and you can even use it to learn c++ or whatever crap you want.

That's what i would do

[razo]

Everything I could think of which would be of any use have already been said :(

so here are some crazy idea's i just got of the top of my head.

[1] Install win95 and make for friends use it when they say "Can I check my e-mail/ogame/what ever)

[2] PLAY GTA1 ON IT.... that is an order. Do it, DO IT NOW.

[3] Doorstop

[4] Paperwieght

[5] Hamster Cage / Fish Tank (hmmmm thats an idea)

[6] A DMZ machine

[7] Coffee Table

[8] Alarm Clock

[9] Download Bot (whould need a sizeable Hard Drive thou)

[10] Run hotmail from it (M$ seem to do it ok)

Anyways have fun with your new machine.

(My 2nd post yay o/ )

[PoyBoy]

Nice sig. Welcome!

[razo]

hehe, thanks for the welcome. Been watching the show for a while and thought... Stuff it, I miss a good forum, lets try this one :)

It would of been a bit of a longer sig but the evil 255 max char limit... BLAST YOU EVIL SERVER...

and yeah, i like your sig too.

[jcplinux2007]

I personally would buy more memory for it if it can in fact handle more than 32mb. And use your imagination pick a job you dont have a computer doing yet and make that its job , you shouldnt try running windows on any computer it sux but on an old one forget about it , i use suse linux 10.1 but unless you already have swap space partitioned you need a minimum of 256mb of ram , i would have to agree that DSL is your best bet , but that runs slow on my xbox and the xbox is a celeron 733 mhz with 64mb of ram. I suggest not using a GUI and it should run nicely if you can handle no GUI. Spend a little get some memory but if it runs for god sakes keep it , cant get rid of a working computer just change its funtion in the system. I still have a p2 350 with 128mb ram runs suse 9.3 that is my home server i have had for 8 years or so call it SCRAPS because its been rebuilt out of so many different parts only the mobo/CPU are the same. sorry for the long post hope you get something out of it

JcpLinux

[macker]

Stick a RouterBOARD 14 Four-Slot miniPCI Adapter and four Super Range 2 400mW 802.11b/g 2.4GHz MiniPCI cards in it and install RouterOS from the same company.

RouterOS Features

* Router

* Bandwidth Manager

* Firewall

* HotSpot Gateway

* VPN Server/Client

* Wireless AP/Router

* all in one box

* and much more!

Applications

* Firewall

* ISP backbone router

* HotSpot Gateway

* Dial-In Server

* Dial-Out Server

* Bandwidth shaper

* Traffic logger

[anyedie]

i gotta say.. use a hammer.