RE: [MLUG] 486SX lease on life?

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I've seen Linux run on an 8086 via the ELKS project. I'm not 100% sure why
they bothered but it sure was better than trying to work in DOS and
BASIC. I don't imagine those huge greenscreened beasts would make such a
nice machine to work on but again it might be useful in embedded systems
etc such as producing ultra-cheap small servers. Geek toys.

I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every minute of it.

;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, yoda wrote:

> I've run a firewall with a Pentium-60, and it worked just finely. I
> wouldn't suggest doing mail serving or lots of file serving with it, but
> routing and a simple webpage, maybe even djbdns for DNS.
> 
> Best way to tell, though, is try it. Linux will run on as old as a 386, so
> it should be no problem.
> 
> P.S. For those who didn't know, the SX is just the DX without a math
> co-processor, so when compiling a kernel, put in math co-processor
> emulation.
> 
> On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Brent Deterding wrote:
> 
> > Agreed - my firewall is a P-200 as well and it cranks just fine running
> > iptables.
> > 
> > However - that's a p-200 not a 486SX - I don't know about that one. . .
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of ATTBI
> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 8:30 PM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: Re: [MLUG] 486SX lease on life?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi.
> > 
> > If you haven't thought of a use for the old 486's yet, here ya go!
> > 
> > http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/
> > 
> > 
> > (You don't even need the hard drives!)
> > 
> > If you don't want to bother, then perhaps you will consider selling them to
> > me?
> > 
> > I collect old 486's and Pentiums and make firewalls out of them.  (And they
> > perform pretty quick--certainly fast enough to compare to lower end cisco
> > routers--and fast enough for a home cable-modem connection.  A Pentium 200
> > MHz-based version of one of these blew the doors off a high-end Cisco
> > firewall worth about $15000.00!
> > 
> > They are pretty rock-solid stable, too.  I used to run one, but replaced it
> > with one of those firewall appliances you can get at the local computer
> > store
> > because I figured the appliance would be secure, fast, better, etc.
> > 
> > Wrong.  The appliance crashes about once per month, does a lousy job of
> > logging, and is not going to win any prizes for upgradeability or speed.
> > 
> > The LRP firewall I had didn't know the meaning of the word "Die", and it
> > just
> > giggled away quietly in the corner whenever anyone tried to DoS it.
> > 
> > A.
> > 
> > 
> > On Monday 01 April 2002 08:52 pm, you wrote:
> > > My wife & I (well, me mostly) have become proud owners of our parents'
> > > old 486SX'es (2). I've heard you can make a workable Linux box with a
> > > 486DX >= 8 MB. How 'bout the SX?  Would I be wasting my time?
> > > 	Thanks,
> > > 	Dave
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