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Uses for an obsolete 286 (idea)
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by
piq
Mon Jan 21 2002 at 15:26:47
Install a bare-bones
linux
distro and set up a primal gateway.
If that fails, install windows 98 and set up
Connection Sharing
. (To get over the slowness factor, imagine it's
XP
running on your Pentium III.)
Write a basic
database
interface and give it to a small business to keep track of
inventory
.
Set up a
Telnet
BBS
Set up a
Dialup
BBS
Donate it to the
Red Cross
or your favorite charity organization. Some Schools out there do run
DOS
and DOS browsers and would love to use it.
Get a TV out card and play
Commander Keen
and
Wolfenstein
. Can we say "Retro night"?
Find the
spare change
around your house, go to the
flea market
and set up the dream system of yesterdecade. =)
YES, I know most distros don't run on
286
s. As
Byzantine
has pointed out, however, there is one that should. ELKS. (http://elks.sf.net). I know it's not Linux, but it runs Linux apps, it has the same shell interfaces and ergos, if you still wish to argue, get a life. Fo' shizzy.
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