Redeployments (was Re: Can root mount a partition and allow users to write to it?)

[charles chris]

If you have any unwanted working Pentium III PCs, please send them to me.

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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Anthony de Boer <adb-SACILpcuo74 at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> > That being said, I do prefer P3 systems to P4 systems.  But "Core Duo"
> > systems have been around for about six years.  I think that it's only
> > worth redeploying post-P4 systems.
> >
> > AMD machines are a little different: there are no bad AMD chip runs
> > like the P4.  Even though there is no hard cut-off for AMD-based
> > systems, I doubt it is worth redeploying any machine older than about
> > six years.
>
> I've been a packrat in the past, and ended up taking vanloads of gear
> to e-waste recycling once I was *sure* it was past its usable date.
>
> At this point, 64-bit boxes are Interesting as desktops or servers, while
> late 32-bit era could still be usable if it's a nice box in a useful
> niche.  But a lot of those niches can be filled by any of the low-power
> offerings (WRT54GL, CuBox, Raspberry when they materialize out of the
> vapor, anything ARM basically) for a lot less power if you pay your own
> electric bill.  A Linux wireless router *with* a USB port could be an
> interesting peripheral that doesn't need to actually route packets, and
> could use an Arduino to do physical I/O.
>
> > I still use an Athlon XP but would probably not redeploy one.  I do
> > use the 5 PCI slots -- not a common feature on recent machines.
>
> It can be an idea to keep a few functional older boxes: something that
> does traditional SCSI, something with an ISA slot, floppy drive, wide
> floppy drive, libc5 install, etc, basically so you have the right tool
> if you need it for some retrocomputing rescue mission.
>
> > I still use a couple of P2's, but would not redeploy one.
>
> The rules of the game as I understand them is that it's not supposed to
> be by my own doing when the presently-1380-day uptime run finally ends.
> But I anticipate my relationship with the P2 architecture doesn't need
> to continue past that.
>
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