[Bradford] More (old) hardware...

[David Carpenter]

On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 13:13 +0000, Alice Kaerast wrote:
> I don't know about the iMac, but the Compaq Armadas have P3 processors
> which are generally not too power hungry - some Australians were
> looking for P3 servers last year because they use so much less power
> than a P4.  You'd probably want to check that out though.
> 

Well that's something to look into - old doesn't necessarily mean power
hungry then.

> The Compaqs would make nice Tor Bridges if you've got the bandwidth,
> and good exit points if you've got the ability to host them somewhere
> sensible.  If you add a little memory you could maybe add a useful
> hidden service.
> 

Well this is a little over my head to be honest - I've heard of Tor, and
have an idea of what it is, but don't use it. Is Tor a possible topic
for one of the LUG meetings? (with a practical demo of how to set up a
Tor Bridge..(ahem!))

> They'd all make good machines for fiddling/learning with, I'm thinking
> particularly learning how to setup mail servers - I learnt the
> intricacies of SMTP and Postfix by networking two 486 desktops back in
> the day.
> 

Well that's not something I've ever done, so could do!

> Leave them on display for if you get burgled - dumb thieves took my 386
> laptop whilst leaving my shiny new desktop a couple of years ago
> because the laptop was the first thing they saw.

I like that idea - perhaps I could configure it to do something scary
when it's turned on as well - any suggestions? (I'm sure I read
somewhere of someone being able to get their stolen laptop to take a
photo of the person using it with the inbuilt webcam - or was that a
dream (and no webcam in the E500))


> 
> Or failing all else, take them all apart and build jewellery/modern art
> from the pieces.
> 

Or museum piece?

> 
> Alice

Good suggestions -Ta!

David
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