Subject: Re: Is this worth the effort?
From: gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston)
Date: 01/05/2004, 03:30
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

In article <Mgkkc.1023$eH1.544282@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com>,
I'm_a_spammer <network@hljtele.com> wrote:
I have access to about 15 PII 266, 20 PII 233 & 15 Pen 166 that are
currently doing nothing but gathering dust.
  [ ... ]

I'd go with the 233 and 266 systems; you'll get about 22 hr units
from the 233s and the about 20 hr units from the 266s. The P166
systems will probably be around 40 hr, and are probably not worth
the electricity.

I have a number of small HD so figure to install Win 95 hook em up and let
em rip

You'll need the Winsock2 update; there's a link to it on the S@H download
page. 

But are these units just too slow to bother?
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Not really; they're not the fastest, but they'll work. You can always
use the cases and install upgraded motherboard/CPU/memory kits to up
the output in the future.


Gary

-- Gary Heston gheston@hiwaay.net Contrary to popular opinion, _not_ everyone loves Raymond.