Re: Is beowulf cool and should I setup a bunch of old PCs to try it out?
- From: Ohmster <nowayin@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 01:02:21 +0200 (CEST)
Christopher Hunter <chrisehunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:ZAv2i.16856$085.3948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
My use for really old hardware is for firewall, print server and so
on. I had an old P90 in a cupboard (closet - US) in my office, to
which I added an extra ethernet port and two more printer ports. It
now runs "headless" as a network print server - total cost <?20 for
the two extra ISA cards and about 1 hour of my time to install and
configure.
I have another headless old clunker running "Smoothwall" (or whatever
it's called this week) for a firewall.
Chris
Yep, that makes decent sense. I really don't run many printers but will
save the advice. Fixing TV sets sure ain't making much money these days so
an additional skill is always good to have. I might setup some test
systems. Thanks.
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