What can I do with my old pc

iggyman

i have an old AMD socket A...1.2ghz,320mb ram,40gb hd pc..monitor etc..

i was just wondering what could i do with this pc..was thinkin of setting it up beside this pc so i could have like a seperate machine for like looking up things while playing games etc...what do yas think? are there any other things i could use it for or do with it??

Cuddlesworth

Linux box for surfing and a firewall.

Ruu_Old

Use it as storage or backup perhaps.

tech

Linux messing Pc always great to mess with it !

iggyman

would i be able to hook both computers up to my router like the one im on now can connect through usb and the other one ethernet?? so while im playing games and **** i can also look on net and stuff..??

MunsterCycling

Get yourself a proper router (with RJ45 wan and an inbuilt 4 / 5 port switch) and connect them both to that.

MC

iggyman

well as i already said i just wanna mess around with it i dont want to spend any money getting new hardware...theres no point

BlackWizard

I use to be able to have mine working with one USB and the other Ethernet.
Give it a go.

amok

Experiment on it with FreeBSD and/or Linux.

iggyman

thanks lads..might try it out...see what i can do

PogMoThoin

Could always do this : http://www.2dplay.com/bash-the-computer/bash-the-computer-play.htm

Explosive_Cornflake

I have a duron 1300 acting as my filesever. Stuck in a cheap sata card from komplett. Desktop will soon be raid 0, so all data will live in it. I'm reinstalling it tonight. I could write down what I do if anyone is interested.
At the minute it's well handy for ftp and stuff. Set your friends up with accounts, and forward the ports 20 & 21 to it.

MunsterCycling

Would be interested in what steps it took you to do this E_C, be sure to post up the setup.

MC

Joseph

iggyman wrote:

i have an old AMD socket A...1.2ghz,320mb ram,40gb hd pc..monitor etc..

i was just wondering what could i do with this pc..was thinkin of setting it up beside this pc so i could have like a seperate machine for like looking up things while playing games etc...what do yas think? are there any other things i could use it for or do with it??

Sell It. End of disscussion .

Oh and give me the money you make from it

Explosive_Cornflake

Only doing it at the minute now. Was less painful than I remember. I'll write it up tommorrow when I get all nigly bits done.

BopNiblets

Pfft, you call that old?
I have a Pentium MMX 200Mhz with a badass 6gig HD, 32MBs RAM and a CD twirling drive in it gathering dust in my attic.

ph33r!

The_B_Man

windows has built in internet connection sharing so you could set ur main PC up as the main internet machine and connect the older PC to the internet thru the newer PC. that way, both can be online at the same time, and coz they';re networked, u can easily transfer files to and fro.

weeder

BopNiblets wrote:

Pfft, you call that old?
I have a Pentium MMX 200Mhz with a badass 6gig HD, 32MBs RAM and a CD twirling drive in it gathering dust in my attic.

ph33r!

ive a 386 with 20MB hard disk so beat that

ScumLord

When I get my new PC I entend on turning my old PC into a MAME arcade cabinet. I already have the X-Arcade 2 player joysticks I just need to get around to making the cabinet. I don't want windows to be the OS I want a linux setup that just gives you the option to play mp3s or the old games a really cut down simple desktop is all I need. I still need to do allot of research on this when I went looking last time there was no Linux OS that could do this and I have no intention of making one.