[Wolves] Ancient laptop up for grabs

[Ron Wellsted]

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Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 08/11/2007, Dave Morley <davmor2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 13:59 +0000, Zeth Green wrote:
>>> On 08/11/2007, Dave Morley <davmor2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> To be honest, this is only really suitable for FreeDOS.
>>>> Not true it would be an excellent thin client Ltsp stylee :)
>>> Not to put the boot in anymore, but I think it is even too low spec
>>> for that: CPU of 75 MHz is not a lot. You will also need to add an
>>> Ethernet card unless it has one already:
>>>
>>> "For using the default, secure mode of LTSP, you'll need to have a
>>> slightly faster CPU. Any 233 MHz or better CPU should provide
>>> acceptable performance.
>>> If you have slower clients, in the range of 133 MHz to 233 MHz, you
>>> may be able to use them, if you're willing to reduce the security of
>>> your thin client network. More on this in the Administration section.
>>> For the best possible performance, a 533 MHz processor will provide a
>>> first class thin client desktop experience."
>>> http://doc.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/handbook/C/server-hw.html#id2751308
>>>
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>> Damn never mind :(
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> Things like that are good for datalogging, I remember we setup an old laptop
> in a new frame in the wall, that basically displayed the status of machines
> in the room, through a pcmcia network card. I think that had a very similar
> spec.
> 
> So they aren't useles...just less useful.

It should be capable of working as a print server or a simple router
(try freesco http://www.freesco.org/)


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Ron Wellsted
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