[aclug-L] Things to do with older computers.

[David Carmichael <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Due to Nate Bargmann thinking that my "Weather Channel" project was
something that others would like to try I thought that I would list some of
the things that I have seen and read about working older PC's getting used
for: Most of these will run on a P-133 or faster.

1: Home network DHCP hubs [Linux / Win]

2: MP3 Jukeboxes [Linux / Mac / Win]

3: Kitchen Cookbooks [Win]

4: MAME game systems (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) http://www.mame.net/
[DOS / Win]
    (even at 133mhz some of the game ROM's require that the CPU is slowed
down via software to run correctly!)

5: Home security systems (multi web cam with web page up-loading so that you
could check on your home away from home!)

None working PC's

1: Fish Tanks [MAC's]
    {speaking of such a project, does anybody have a non-working MAC
keyboard and mouse they want to get rid of?}

2: many different forms of ART where everything from chips made to look like
bugs to motherboards used to create '3-ring' binders.

Do you have a use for an older PC not listed?









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