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elixirnova Red Paratroopa Level: 22  Posts: 16/177 EXP: 56507 For next: 1843 Since: 04-05-04 From: Midgar Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| Hey i gots an old Gateway with a P2 300mhz processor cdrom drive 128ram 16-32mb video card (havnt checked) in a case with 3 extra 5 1/2" bays and a pretty good sized hard drive any ideas on what to use it for??? ive thought about trying to mod it but i dont know exactly how......... | |||
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Xkeeper The required libraries have not been defined. Level: NAN  Posts: -3554/-863 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: -753366 sec. |
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| I'd like my computer back than-- oh, wait, it's a Gateway, never mind. That's pretty much my computer in a nutshell, but I don't know what my vid card is (ATI Rage 3D pro) and I have 191 MB ram... still though  You could always pawn it off XD Or just save it / use it for testing or something. I dunno.  |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 554/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| If you have a nice Internet connect and ISP, you could use it as a Web server. Put Linux on it... follow security instructions found on various sites, and you'll have an excellent one. And if you're serious about it, you could always buy a domain. |
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WaiWaiWario Micro-Goomba Level: 7  Posts: 9/14 EXP: 1277 For next: 171 Since: 03-17-04 Since last post: 437 days Last activity: 23 days |
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| I use one opf my old ones for testing parts..another has Linux on it..another I use for Half-Life/quake/whatever else server. I have one next to my bed that I use for a nightstand. There's three or four others nder my bed that I think hold up the mattress. Got a few more that just kinda sit there. | |||
NightHawk Bob-Omb Level: 39  Posts: 235/621 EXP: 374743 For next: 30028 Since: 03-26-04 From: Switzerland Since last post: 432 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| Well, you could always use it for a gateway/proxy server, print/file server, or something along those lines. Should be easy enough with Linux if you're already familiar with it. |
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Dylan Devil Trumpets and Angel Trombones ~ Level: 54  Posts: 94/1407 EXP: 1181697 For next: 52173 Since: 06-19-04 From: Ottawa, Canada. Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Take out its graphics card and monitor, then set it up on your current PC with dual monitors. | |||
Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 3144/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| Keep in mind, using Linux is not a cake walk. I'm not stopping you, but don't expect it to be very easy to use. Personally I would install Windows 2000 on it (or make a Windows2000/Linux dual booting system. Which I am going to do with a 300 mhz soon maybe). I find 300 mhz useful for old games, mainly multiplayer ones. I can invite over my friends to play some old classical games against each other.  |
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Rydain Ropa Blaze Phoenix Runs With the Dragon Within Level: 42  Posts: 179/738 EXP: 490056 For next: 31306 Since: 03-15-04 From: State College, PA Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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If you have several computers in the house and want a nice way to make music, movies, and various other files available to all of them, I'd suggest putting some sort of free Unix variant (Linux, FreeBSD) on the old computer and using it as a private file server. We have a Frankensteined computer with rather old parts (except for the humongous hard drives  ) that is serving that purpose. It used to be our router as well, but we recently got a hardware router. |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119  Posts: 1865/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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Originally posted by elixirnova Same amount of RAM and a better vid card than I have on my 1.0 GHz Shitpaq. If you ever need to scrap something for compatible parts to add on to a system, I'd do that...that's what I used to do back in the day on my 200. |
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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 454/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| not that I'm particularly adding anything new at this point, but I would go with either a Linux box, or just taking it apart as a useful exercise in what part X looks like--this is the hard drive, the video card, etc. | |||
drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56  Posts: 424/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| If the salient parts didn't melt down, I would've actually recycled most of my last comp (AMD K6-2/450) into a MAME machine, complete with cabinet. But the way I've been going, by the time I have anywhere to put one, I'll probably be using this comp for that. ;P Although the private server idea sounds shveet... it'd be kinda hard to do that with a home theater PC the way I was planning on (HTNESPC, anyone?). |
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psilocybin Goomba Level: 9  Posts: 4/25 EXP: 2741 For next: 421 Since: 07-09-04 From: Inside my head Since last post: 465 days Last activity: 224 days |
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| That computer would make an excellent FreeBSD web/file server. GNU/Linux would work too. | |||
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elixirnova Red Paratroopa Level: 22 Posts: 17/177 EXP: 56507 For next: 1843 Since: 04-05-04 From: Midgar Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| eh turns out my power supply broke on my old comp so since the supply from this pc wouldnt fit i moved everything into its old case which is much more roomy and i am going to spray paint it purple today O_o maybe ill upload some pics O_o | |||
JJ64 Boo Level: 45 Posts: 697/919 EXP: 640956 For next: 19208 Since: 05-22-04 From: Green Bay, WI Since last post: 441 days Last activity: 269 days |
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| I actually have a system. Whenever I get a new computer, the old one goes to my father's comic store, mainly used for internet and work files. The one from the comic store, gets buried somewhere in the store in case it's needed. | |||
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 1258/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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This is an idea I had, that I'll probably try sometime. (I already posted this once, but since IE's stupid, it got screwed up.  -TV Tuner Card -TV Out Card -DVD-ROM -Very big HD -Wireless HD/Mouse -Infrared port, located at front -Decent sound card w/ line in -CD-ROM -AM/FM Tuner Card, if you ever use the radio With some custom software you could program it to respond to IR signals from a remote you have around. There you have it, an ultimate home theater system. What I'd really like to do, though, is somehow rig up an old VCR to it too.  |
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drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56 Posts: 478/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| You could just get PVR software, though, couldn't you, HH? Then the VCR would only be for watching or offloading anything you've recorded, and even then if you felt like going up to a DVD burner, you could just get a VCP. | |||
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 3552/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| Just be sure it's not too old HH otherwise it may skip whenever it shows a DVD movie. A 450 mhz runs a DVD movie quite nice from what I know thought. I have been thinking on making a own console from a old computer, I would use emulators on it. And maybe also use stepmania on it. |
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