__/ [ Jim ] on Tuesday 27 March 2007 16:46 \__
> John Locke came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard a moment ago
> in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>
>>>* Make your next upgrade cycle one that involves OS X... oh wait, that
>>>requires new hardware as well... Linux is already here... and it doesn't
>>>require a new PC... and being free, it ensures that there are no schemes
> to
>>>force you to buy anything.
>>
>> I fear that the days of the computer recyclers are numbered. I was
>> just staring at my pile of old Super Socket 7 500MHz machines
>> and am having second thoughts about scraping them.
>
> nothing wrong with my G3 Lombard... it's running Tiger and very nippy it
> is, too.
>
> As for that pile of socket 7 boards... they'd make a nice little cluster.
> Double handy if you have AT boards, they can be daisychained to a redundant
> power stack (ATX can be hooked up like this as well but switching dead
> nodes out can be a bit tricky).
Your house must look like a factory. I know someone who had a server farm in
his home. Not your typical Web host... William Tasso.
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