Rebuilding old computer parts in Computer Hardware Discussion/Reviews http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20862692 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:50:09 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:50:09 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20877446 RevMortis :
said by poppster See Profile :

said by Oleg See Profile :

I just wonder if it was worth paying $34 for an old PIII mobo with PIII 933MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM.
yea, turn it into a linux box.
My thought too.
3 quick applications jump to mind: a MythTV(PVR) Distro, Server(FTP, Web, NAS, DNS, etc), and a M0n0wall Firewall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20877446 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:28:29 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20874661 poppster :
said by Oleg See Profile :

I just wonder if it was worth paying $34 for an old PIII mobo with PIII 933MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM.
yea, turn it into a linux box.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20874661 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:55:07 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20874170 Oleg :
said by RevMortis See Profile :

Shucks. Hoping to get rid of the clutter for free... ;)

I will say that the DX 100 was a pretty rare chip back in the day.. IIRC, I had maxed out the memory.
I have upgraded my 486SX to 486DX back in 1997 or 1998 :-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20874170 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:16:55 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20873651 RevMortis : Shucks. Hoping to get rid of the clutter for free... ;)

I will say that the DX 100 was a pretty rare chip back in the day.. IIRC, I had maxed out the memory.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20873651 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:23:43 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20871963 Oleg :
said by RevMortis See Profile :

I think I still have a 486 DX100 w/mobo and memory and VESA GPU laying around. Case too, but it's heavy. PM me and you can have it for Shipping.

Still worked the last time I had it plugged in.
Ah not worth it for 486 CPU.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20871963 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:25:37 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20871441 RevMortis : I think I still have a 486 DX100 w/mobo and memory and VESA GPU laying around. Case too, but it's heavy. PM me and you can have it for Shipping.

Still worked the last time I had it plugged in.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20871441 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:52:17 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20864055 MJimLay : I would, but that's just me. I am still holding on to my first computer (180 Mhz, 16MB Ram, 1.6GB HDD) and I also hold on to another oldie (PIII 450 Mhz, 256 MB Ram, 40 GB) for Windows 98/DOS use.

Hell... I have an external 9600 BPS modem and a 28.8k modem laying around that I still use from time to time.

I still wanna find an old Apple II system and a 486 system, but both seem to be very hard items to find.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20864055 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:02:29 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20862949 Oleg :
said by eX_NihiLo See Profile :

What are you going to do with it? If you need to build something like a file server maybe. I wouldn't buy for building a primary system with it as it would choke on displaying multimedia. I've seen old systems like that for free on Craigslist.
I am using it as FTP server now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20862949 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:21:36 EDT Re: Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20862918 eX_NihiLo : What are you going to do with it? If you need to build something like a file server maybe. I wouldn't buy for building a primary system with it as it would choke on displaying multimedia. I've seen old systems like that for free on Craigslist.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20862918 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:15:40 EDT Rebuilding old computer parts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20862692 Oleg : I just wonder if it was worth paying $34 for an old PIII mobo with PIII 933MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20862692 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:32:43 EDT