[ubuntu-za] Very old computers
David Robert Lewis
ethnopunk at telkomsa.net
Sat Apr 18 14:26:02 BST 2009
Nic Roets wrote:
> Hello Bill,
>
> If they are really "pre-pentium", they are useless, because they are
> just to slow and have too little memory for firefox. Anybody
> intelligent enough to install and use a computer should not be
> subjected to the hassle. The only fun you can have is playing Doom I
> in 100px by 100px until you realize your GPS can do a better job.
>
> Until about a year or so ago, I had a Pentium I that work well as a
> simple php web server (made in 1992), but the only desktop application
> I would consider on it will be (perhaps) Point of Sales.
>
> Right now I'm setting up an old computer with Ubuntu server for the
> neighbourhood guards. Instead of a screen it will just have 2 LEDs
> wired to the parallel port indicating permission granted or denied.
> Instead of a full keyboard it will have a wireless keypad on which the
> guards will be able to enter destination addresses and authorization
> codes. Then it will have a GPRS/3G modem for contacting a bulk SMS
> website. So any reliable computer with USB will suffice. A lovely
> little project based on inexpensive off the shelf components being
> much more versatile than the professional security systems.
>
> Fortunately, the computer donanted for my project is fast enough to
> record CCTV video.
>
> Regards,
> Nic
>
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com
> <mailto:cairnsww at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Our computer club (here in Kokanje - far in the bushveld) has been
> given, over time, a lot of very old computers. We have eight which may
> still work, but which are so old that it is difficult to know what to
> do with them. They are all "pre-pentium", most do not have CD drives
> of any sort while some (two I think) have ancient CD readers. Don't
> ask about USB ports. None of the disk drives seem to work, but we do
> have some spare disks that might be compatible.
>
> Can I make a bootable Xubuntu stiffy? Or is a stiffy just too small?
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> There is an insatiable demand for cheap computers up here. But of
> course, they must work!
>
> Bill
>
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