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25th June 2008, 19:43 | #1 |
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| Use for an old laptop I have an old laptop that has about 128mb ram, a CD-ROM drive, 16-bit PCMCIA slot, and about a 20gb HD irrc (I'm not sure about the other specs, besides that fact that it's an intel cpu). Is there something productive I can still use it for? |
25th June 2008, 19:56 | #2 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| what do you want to do with it? active? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Small_Linux in-active? http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/20...al-photo-frame more interesting ideas: - Convert it to a home server - Convert its LCD into a Stand-Alone Monitor - Salvage an external backup drive from it - Extend your wireless coverage http://lifehacker.com/359389/give-an...-free-projects I have an old PII-500Mhz laptop lying around here too, thinking about the Digital Photo Frame thingie, looks very cool huge list projects: http://likelysoft.com/hacks/pictureframes.shtml
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26th June 2008, 16:37 | #3 |
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| The Digital Photo frame is not a bad idea at all. Thanks |
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