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Re: 486-33 8Mb
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lugnet.loc.ca.on
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Mon, 1 Sep 2003 21:20:45 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca.on, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> 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.
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> So if anyone can think of a use for it, or would like to have it, let me
> know.
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
average uptime of about 1 year - when I take it down to move it to a new UPS, or
something like that :)
Who can't use a new firewall?? :)
Dan
[1] Less than 8MB, because it has some bad memory. On bootup, it shows 8090Kb.
Go figure - but it works :)
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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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