Older computers

[Lagu]

Hi

Guys, you all have once upon a time had a new computer as now is old. What have you done with your computer? Take apart or split up it? Scrap it?

I have a 1999 years model as I not had heart to sell because I should get too little money for it. That is I glad for today. I can namely use this rig for Distributed Computing. This rig is an

Compaq Presario P II
350 Mhz
6 GB HDD
128 MB ram
2 GB virtual memory

I use this computer I HachClach using Boinc 5.2.13 and am crunching their WU´s all from 3.54–27.05 to 2 hour.

Have you an older computer in your wardrobe full of dust? Won’t work? Can you get it to work? If so what are you waiting for? Let your computer have a renaissance!

Remember: All is possible!

Lagu :D ;)

[drezha]

Using a P2 266Mhz laptop 24/7 on Reisel Sieve. :D

Doing about 8kps :shock: :D

192Mb RAM.
No idea on virtual memory..it's the Windows 2K default ATM

[Steve Lux]

You know, I have five old PC's sitting around holding up books on the shelf or holding down the floor somewhere. All of then died due to HDD failures. All but two probably need a new bios battery. Probably about a $1,000 to get all up and crunching (provided I can re-use the old OS software).

Not being a super-IT dude though I have to wonder if I should use a switcher or a router to my DSL modem?

[Lagu]

Steve Lux dude

That sounds amasing. If you have 5 you must at least get 1 running. The question is how much ram and speed it have. I think it is wasted if we not use our old computers.

They are doing well if they got a project suited for them.

Lagu :D ;)

[vaughan]

Steve, yes get a router and if required install a cheap network interface card in each old PC (about 10 dollars each) and connect to your router. Internet access to all now. Use a standard Cat 5 ethernet cable not a cross-over cable if you are using a router.

Lagu, I have a P233mmx running Win95 no letter and it is on Ubero 24/7 Occasionally I get some weird Java error that kills the processing. Its Sun Java forget the version number. I have this PC running without a monitor so I only check its status every so often.
In addition, I run a Dell P3-750 with 256MB RAM under Windows 2000 Pro SP4. This PC only has a 4.3 GB HDD so it constantly runs out of room. It is happily running Boinc Leiden Classical and HashClash and also has the screensaver version of the MoneyBee Project running. It is very stable and the Up-Time Project shows it as being on-line for over 34 days straight currently. Not bad when one considers all my WinXP computers have had re-boots forced on them by Micro$oft in the last couple of days.

I wonder if Windows Vista, when it is released, will avoid this plague of forced re-boots just to patch dodgy operating system programming? Somehow I doubt it.

[Lagu]

Vaughan

Great to hear. I think we perhaps underestimate our old computers. My P11 has been running since I got my routher. I have Windows Millenium. It suits better for java. I have tried Dimes on that rig but it was to hard. The agent won´t start why I remove it. MoneyBee and HashClach are wery well suited. Talking about rebooting, this computer have not been rebooted the last 3 monts. It walk and walk and never stop.

Lagu ;)

[drezha]

I have this PC running without a monitor so I only check its status every so often.

Seeing as it's connected, why dont you install a VNC server on it and a VNC viewer on your main rig so you can keep an eye on it?

[vaughan]

I haven't ever been able to get any of the VNC clients to work on my home network. Complete mystery to me.

[drezha]

I found my firewalls were blocking it even after I asked it to allow it through..Had to have a play and now it works fine. Maybe it's that?

[Empty_5oul]

in the UK there are big problems with AOL and VNC. Just a warning to you!