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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I used to run a P166 as FIREWALL/ROUTER (Redhat 6, 2 NICs, 32MB RAM, 2GB hdd) 4 years ago. The used P166 cost me $300. Nowadays router is so cheap that I simply replaced it with a SMC router.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org [<A HREF="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org">mailto:lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: March 19, 2004 11:09 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: OTA hatred?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:41:08AM -0500, Jeremy Wakeman wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Yay for old hardware! I wonder what the oldest/crappiest daily used box</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> is on the list. I'm sure many people have this beat, but I've got a twice</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> rebuilt/upgraded UniNet 386 (now p166) that's still limping along on orig ps</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (no drives except floppy). It has been running w/o reboot since I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> moved my computers two weeks ago.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Someone's gotta have a 386 or a non math cp 486 that does routing or sth.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I run a 486/66 48M/18G as a firewall/router/ackup box for my parents.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>One of the few 486's I have worked with that does support IDE disks up</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to 137G and has more than 8/16M ram. :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Lennart Sorensen</FONT>
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