…to just throw stuff out?
I did a bit of pre-Xmas cleanup today, and pulled a dusty old computer out of my closet. I remember it used to be my firewall, so it had Linux on it, but other than that I couldn’t remember the last time it was used. So I plugged it in and as luck would have it, it booted! The filesystem checker shows I had neglected it since 2002…
It was a AMD 486 DX4-133 w/16MB RAM and a 10GB disk drive, running Slackware 8.1. Back when I was in UWO it was a kick-ass system… now my old PDA could run circles around it, and my cell phone would probably give it a run for its money.
I hate getting rid of things that still work. Hate it. But for the life of me I can’t think of a use for this old PC.
I suppose I should wipe it of any personal info, and send it to meet its maker…
I could use the 10G drive 🙂 … I am staring at a couple of loaded Sun IPCs (32MB) .. and my girlfriend is chanting ‘recycle, recycle’. These old boxen used to be a way to separate key services.. DNS here, DHCP there, Web here, Mail there.. hey, look I have a rack of systems worth