Hey, people. New here. Get used to it.

On to the point...

I have an Intel Slot 1 motherboard and a 266mghz Pentium II, and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for something creative to do with it. Can't do an HTPC because I don't need one, and I don't really need a fileserver either. Not yet, anyway. (I tried making one using Mandrake Linux but Mandrake didn't seem to feel like cooperating; I might try Suse at some point).

So - any ideas?

First, welcome to PR! As for the PC, toss it, or donate it. I had 4 computers sitting in my garage from 200 to 400Mhz that I had to toss because no one wanted them. You could however turn it into a router, web PC, file server, protein folding PC, or give it to a sibling/child.

Donating it sounds like not a bad idea. Trouble is, there's no case - it's a motherboard, processor and hard drive sitting in a box.

I'll hang onto it for a while, and it'll be Judgement Day for it when I get my next computer... which is hopefully soon. (I'm currently using a 1.2ghz Celeron Gateway OEM; long story).

How about a router or gateway? Or maybe just a rig for internet surfing.

Quote: Originally Posted by hernias Hey, people. New here. Get used to it.

I'm not new here, get used to it. You don't own a computer, you own a piece of history, get used to it. Attitude will not be tolerated here, get used to it. We have a great site that will help you out if you are a good member, get used to it.

Quote: How about a router or gateway? Or maybe just a rig for internet surfing.

Eh, don't really need any of those. That's basically what I'm using now...

Quote: I'm not new here, get used to it.

Your postcount tells me all I need to know on that topic.

Quote: You don't own a computer, you own a piece of history, get used to it.

Haha. It may have a small amount of nostalgic value, which may be why I've kept it for so long, but we shall see...

Quote: Attitude will not be tolerated here, get used to it. We have a great site that will help you out if you are a good member, get used to it.

No worries. I knew all of those things coming in; I've seen too many boards where just about anything is tolerated and this isn't one of them; it's done right. (I've been lurking on and off for a while). Apologies if I came across as an ignorant fool, because I'm proud to consider myself not a member of that group. I'd rather not make my first day be the "I love the smell of napalm in the morning..." scene from Apocalypse Now.

Glad to see it hernias, as long as you keep that attitude I am sure you will become a productive member of PimpRig. Welcome!

Agreed, seems like a smart new member. I lurked for a while before I joined also.

Quote: Glad to see it hernias, as long as you keep that attitude I am sure you will become a productive member of PimpRig. Welcome!

Thank you, Akita and godfoot, and to everyone who has welcomed me thus far as well.

I tried making it into a Freesco router a while back but Windows XP didn't seem to like it much, and without any fans that PII got hot - too hot to touch. (there were no case fans and I'm working with a passive heatsink, from what I can dig up these SECC cartridges are a pain with heatsink removal). Slap in an ATA100 drive and it'd make a great little file server - plenty of cache and that mobo's got UDMA 5 - but RAM is lacking. I've got some I could rip out of another machine in the basement, though.

Would it be possible to turn it into a TiVo-like device? Now that I might be able to use.

Probably not, it doesn't have the internal bandwidth to stream. However, you could set it up as a hardware firewall, you could place it in front of your router to take the majority of the hits.

Cool idea. Where can I get the software for something like that?