5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
11:08 a.m.
Don Y wrote:
I replaced this with another aging machine - a PIII
running at 500Mhz,
which only uses 100Watts more - but I can certainly get a lot more out
of it. So that old machine certainly cost me more to run than the new
one in terms of performance for electricity used. I certainly don't
need a 2Ghz AMD64 with 4GB of RAM for use as a router. Today. In 5
years from now, my desktop will be very likely be my router.
I use a 500 MHz PIII as a router, mailserver, and FM broadcaster--and
there's still way too much unused capacity. So I also have iit enrolled in
the BOINC project. Might as well do somone some good with those wasted
watts.
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Cheers,
Chuck