Re: What to do with old computers?

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:59:48AM -0400, [hidden email] wrote: 
> Well, yea, I mean "laying around!"  I'm not talking about the ones doing 
> stuff. I have a 600MHZ dual SMP PIII system. Too cool to trash, too old to 
> use. 

MythTV slave backend. Let it transcode files for you overnight. 

> > Eventually, give away or recycle. 
> 
> Give away? to whom? Other nerds with the same over abundance of computer 
> gear? Fat chance!!! 
> 
> Recycle? I couldn't do it, they are like my children. :-) 

Trade for other semi-obsolete things? 

I have a Corel Netwinder that was really gee-whiz when it was 
new. Now... it's a 266MHz ARM 64MB low-power computer with dual 
ethernet. I really should put it into service as a network 
terminal, but I can't find the time. Somehow, I keep being 
attracted to the notion of buying an NSLU or similar, and then I 
remind myself it's extraordinarily similar to that Netwinder. 

-dsr- 

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