[cumbria_lug] Use for an old 486 laptop?

[Schwuk]

Michael Saunders wrote:
> Need to pick your collective brains on this matter! Here I have a
> bulky old 486 laptop (25 MHz, 8M RAM, 300M HD) doing nothing of
> interest, but, being a geek and hateful of waste, I'm trying to find a
> worthwhile use for it. Any ideas?

If it's got a decent screen, or one can be salvaged from another donor - 
digital photo frame.

Turn it into a wireless access point using HostAP ( 
http://hostap.epitest.fi/ ) or similar.

Cheers,
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Schwuk