I have an extra P2 - 200 mhz Dell desktop (tower) Fully working condition, wondering if anyone can make use of it. Can probably just have it, but the catch is you have to come and pick it up, and I'm in Maple Ridge.
I may also have another IBM Aptiva, which is also a Pentium 2 200, and is a complete setup (monitor with Bose speakers, keyboard, and the original Aptiva software is still installed, and DVD ROM) Not sure if I want to part with that one yet, but might be available as well. Have too much stuff sitting here.
Let me know if interested.
Something of that vintage makes a good server, if you want to recycle it and make your own local file or web server. You can toss FreeBSD onto it and new life will get breathed back in. I've had a lowly 486DX/33 running FreeBSD with only 24 MB ram. My current server used to be a 1st generation Pentium 160, but I upgraded it with a 333 MHz AMD K6/2 Overdrive, and it's been running continuously for five years.. it's rudely slow as a desktop computer, but text-only commandline and remote access is just peachy. Your PII/200 could be the new host of your domain with all the web apps to serve your needs. It may not be stellar, but it'd work just fine. I have three of my own towers, out of the 16 or so I once had only a few years ago. I think my collection of debris is just large enough!
: orwin May 28, 2009, 12:23:44 -06:00
I have an extra P2 - 200 mhz Dell desktop (tower) Fully working condition, wondering if anyone can make use of it. Can probably just have it, but the catch is you have to come and pick it up, and I'm in Maple Ridge.
I may also have another IBM Aptiva, which is also a Pentium 2 200, and is a complete setup (monitor with Bose speakers, keyboard, and the original Aptiva software is still installed, and DVD ROM) Not sure if I want to part with that one yet, but might be available as well. Have too much stuff sitting here.
Let me know if interested.
I was thinking of that, but I also have a p3 450, a p3 400, an amd k6-2 and then the two computers I'm actually using, a P4 Celeron 2.4, and a Athlon XP 2500.
I need a new computer soon, as the Athlon is getting pretty pokey for video work these days (it's close to 7 years old now) and figured I'd retire that machine to run as a file server and PVR system when I get a new computer....hopefully soon. (curses the economy and job market)
It's a great idea though, just thought maybe someone else could use it :)
If I didn't have two server-capable towers, I might take your old beast.. But your P3s are excellent server candidates, too. You could have a slew of pretty servers.
: orwin May 28, 2009, 01:37:58 -06:00
I was thinking of that, but I also have a p3 450, a p3 400, an amd k6-2 and then the two computers I'm actually using, a P4 Celeron 2.4, and a Athlon XP 2500.
I need a new computer soon, as the Athlon is getting pretty pokey for video work these days (it's close to 7 years old now) and figured I'd retire that machine to run as a file server and PVR system when I get a new computer....hopefully soon. (curses the economy and job market)
It's a great idea though, just thought maybe someone else could use it :)
slew of pretty servers...heh...takes too much electricity to keep them turned on all the time...and my data is all on a SATA drive, which they don't support...so oh well.
You can buy SATA to IDE adapters and run your newer drives in the older systems, and if you pick a BSD or Linux, it won't matter what your BIOS has to say about the drives, because you can set them up to be any size and work perfectly.
: orwin May 28, 2009, 09:23:41 -06:00
slew of pretty servers...heh...takes too much electricity to keep them turned on all the time...and my data is all on a SATA drive, which they don't support...so oh well.