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kenetiks
Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: November 21, 2001
Posts: 1130
From: Bandcamp
|  Posted: 2008-01-05 19:59
I've got some spare time on my hands till the 30th and I'm looking for some ideas.
I've got this old laptop(500mhz amd, 128mb ram, etc) and I'm looking for good ideas for a use for it. I've already looked at making a picture frame, giant mp3 player, router, etc. Haven't found anything that really sparks my interest.
Anyone got anything really neat ideas?
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$yTHe {C?}
Grand Admiral
Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: September 29, 2002
Posts: 1292
From: Arlington, VA
| Posted: 2008-01-06 02:47
Turn it into a Crysis server, tell people its fast download, make the admin email public, and then count how many people try to send you malware.
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BackSlash
Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2008-01-06 07:21
Doom 2 server. Kek.
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SaturnShadow™ *FC*(Angel Of Darkness)
Marshal
*Renegade Space Marines*
Joined: February 03, 2007
Posts: 310
From: UK
| Posted: 2008-01-06 08:16
use it as a paperweight or a discus to practice becomming a athlete
or experiment on wat games it can play or such
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Eledore Massis [R33]
Grand Admiral
Templar Knights
Joined: May 26, 2002
Posts: 2695
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2008-01-06 10:42
Sell it.
Strip search it.
Or make it usefull as a:
(From easy to Hard)
Install darkspace on it so you can play everywhere,
Brouwser pc,
Download server,
Seed server,
Music server,
Alarm clock,
Webcam server,
Print server,
Data server,
Apache server,
Streaming server,
Dial-in server (need modem),
Router (need second nic),
Telnet server,
MUD server,
Boot server,
Terminal server,
Burning server (need some Lego + Mindstorm brick),
Electronic Remote Switch server (need extra external hardware + LPT port),
House alarm (need extra external hardware + com + LPT port).
However there are some extra stuff you might want to try.
(More for the more advanced guru's)
Overclock the CPU untill it melts
Install linux and ubber test plus make a tutorial how to runn DS on linux.
Add a "add-on touch panel" to the display,
Add a webcam, make a pedistal and place it at your front door. (interactive door bell),
Stripp it and put the parts in a shoubox or build your own notebook,
Stripp it and put the parts it in a old 19" CRT, (Homebuild apple),
Put it in your already existing collection of "Cluster Laptops" in a rebuild fridge,
And thats all i can think off at the moment, but i know i am missing some.
P.s. left out some since it is a notebook and you don't have spare ISA/PCI slots.
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Mersenne Twister
Fleet Admiral
Joined: May 11, 2003
Posts: 1161
From: Sector C Test Labs and Contol Facilities
| Posted: 2008-01-06 10:53
IRC server?
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Ospolos
Grand Admiral
Joined: January 31, 2004
Posts: 567
From: ON, CANADA
| Posted: 2008-01-06 11:11
Pawn shop it and go buy lunch with a beer.
EDIT: Revised from the Kanman's English Dictionary
[ This Message was edited by: Ospolos (Ret) on 2008-01-06 13:47 ]
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Fattierob
Vice Admiral
Joined: April 25, 2003
Posts: 4059
| Posted: 2008-01-06 11:49
besides a server, a sledge hammer works wonders.
no, i'm serious, we had this really old computer for no reason and we lit it on fire. after we smashed the inside with a sledge hammer. it had, uh, sensitive documents on it. and stuff.
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Kanman
Grand Admiral
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Joined: August 26, 2005
Posts: 1017
From: Virginia, United States
| Posted: 2008-01-06 11:56
I'm pretty sure Osp means to say "pawn shop".
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Sanity Assassin (K'Luth propaganda)
Grand Admiral
Sanity Assassins
Joined: February 19, 2006
Posts: 919
From: Pittsburgh PA, USA
| Posted: 2008-01-06 11:58
MAKE AN ANT FARM OUT OF IT!
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kenetiks
Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: November 21, 2001
Posts: 1130
From: Bandcamp
| Posted: 2008-01-06 12:54
Well I've already removed the guts from the casing due to the hinges being broken.
Since it's quite old it wouldn't work for gameserver. Much to slow for that.
I'm thinking of building a new casing. Possibly a wooden one. The actual hardware is in good shape. Windows is out of the question, the apps to do anything are too bloated for it unless I went backwards to 95 or 98. I've seen the windows lite versions which I think is an awesome project btw. But still windows would cripple it doing anything useful.
I've been looking at totally different OSs entirely. I just got done booting out of AROS. There's also Plan 9.
Of course these are more experimental than useful. Then again, I'm not really going for anything useful, more for a nifty effect.
Edit:Typo
[ This Message was edited by: kenetiks on 2008-01-06 12:55 ]
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Doran
Chief Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2008-01-06 16:11
see how many of these you can multiboot
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kenetiks
Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: November 21, 2001
Posts: 1130
From: Bandcamp
| Posted: 2008-01-06 21:52
Actually, I've got a good project in mind...AI.
There seem to be enough projects around with GPL(or close) code for most of the basic AI functions.
If you could create or use a microkernel with just enough additions to run the code a basic chatterbot could be made directing the output to the console.
It would be pretty interesting to see. I've been looking around for similar projects and haven't really found a good starting point and it's just an idea rambling around in my head.
One problem, I don't think it can be done in three weeks lol.
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Azreal
Chief Marshal
Joined: March 14, 2004
Posts: 2816
From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2008-01-06 23:49
Laptop baseball, anyone?
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Amthyst123
Cadet
Joined: January 07, 2008
Posts: 1
From: Valento
| Posted: 2008-01-07 01:37
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On 2008-01-06 10:42, Eledore[NL] wrote:
Sell it.
Strip search it.
Or make it usefull as a:
(From easy to Hard)
Install darkspace on it so you can play everywhere,
Brouwser pc,
Download server,
Seed server,
Music server,
Alarm clock,
Webcam server,
Print server,
Data server,
Apache server,
Streaming server,
Dial-in server (need modem),
Router (need second nic),
Telnet server,
MUD server,
Boot server,
Terminal server,
Burning server (need some Lego + Mindstorm brick),
Electronic Remote Switch server (need extra external hardware + LPT port),
House alarm (need extra external hardware + com + LPT port).
However there are some extra stuff you might want to try.
(More for the more advanced guru's)
Overclock the CPU untill it melts
Install linux and ubber test plus make a tutorial how to runn DS on linux.
Add a "add-on touch panel" to the display,
Add a webcam, make a pedistal and place it at your front door. (interactive door bell),
Stripp it and put the parts in a shoubox or build your own notebook,
Stripp it and put the parts it in a old 19" CRT, (Homebuild apple),
Put it in your already existing collection of "Cluster Laptops" in a rebuild fridge,
And thats all i can think off at the moment, but i know i am missing some.
P.s. left out some since it is a notebook and you don't have spare ISA/PCI slots.
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That sounds like 'Technologic by Draft punk'(song)
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