Subject: Re: Alaska Computer Society
From: Justin Dieters (enderak@gci.net)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 11:24:35 AKDT
Minix should run happily on a 386/25 :)
Also, I don't know about in Alaska, but other places they have recycling
centers that do just that to retreive the copper, etc from computer
components...
Justin
Charles Smith wrote:
>Recycling older computers is a great idea. Does anybody know the last
>version of RH or other distributions that would run on a 386 platform? The
>target is a IBM 386/25 w/2meg RAM. I have some ooolllldddd stuff I could
>rejuevinate.
>On a seperate note I wonder if anyone has ever studied the contents of a PC
>and then determined if it would be possible to melt them down using a
>stepped range of temp. then drain off the slag or liquids at each step and
>recover any useful residues. Just the cases themselves should produce plenty
>of sheet metal.
>
>Charles
>
>
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