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| I got this 486 - 33Mhz with 8Mb RAM that taking up too much space and all I can think of using it for is a boat anchor and forgetting to put a rope on it. So if anyone can think of a use for it, or would like to have it, let me know. You have until (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| (...) This reminds me of when as a student I went on a work experience assignment with a computer company and my home computer was more powerful than anything they had. They then bought a 486 33mhz server. I wondered at the time if it was just so (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| (...) I have heard of people running linux on tired iron like this (there's even a linux on a floppy distribution, I hear, that's already set up to do this) and using the box as a firewall/dhcp server between the outside world and the rest of your (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) You can use it as a good firewall. That's what we use for our home network - an old 486, with (less than [1]) 8Mb of RAM, and ~200M disk space... And it's the firewall for ~8 machines at any given time, doing pretty smart stuff, with an (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| (...) I can suggest: Float test (if it floats, you failed) Radiator Test (smash it against the radiator until it breaks) Drop Test (out the window- just make sure no-one is below it) Bulletproof test (only if you vote for the alliance, in which (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| (...) [snip] (...) And you'll probably want to at least double the RAM. (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Depending on the application. A Firewall/NAT doesn't need much of anything, especially if it's doing the logging to a network syslog server. 8M should be plenty for that :) Of course, my 486 is running RH6.0, because the newer versions didn't (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I suspect Derek isn't going to double the ram. The alternative is tossing the box which he seems inclined to do. (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I don't think 6.1 would install without 32 MB of ram -- that's when they went to the python-based installer. And 8.0 and 9 require at least double that again. :) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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