With getting ADSL installed at home, I was looking forward to building an Apple h/w-based network. For the firewall and web server, i had pencilled in running the PPC-port of OpenBSD 3.1 on a B&W G3, the cheapest new-world machine supporting this port.
However, the old apple problem of expensive hardware bit me. On ebay.co.uk, these machines (sans monitor) are going for around 300 pounds. I had to ask myself whether building a purely appple home network was do-able in my budget, i.e. would the kudos balance-out the cost?
In the end i bought a couple of old pentium IIs for around 50 pounds (< US$100).
Had an interesting time there this afternoon meeting different sides of the online society. My favourite exhbit was the french guy with those mechanical birds that sung and flew.
One of the highlites (?) which i unfortunately missed was the winner of the Most Geeky Carrier Bag competition. Can anyone who was there tell me who won? Conversely, what bag would be voted best by the/. community?
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However, the old apple problem of expensive hardware bit me. On ebay.co.uk, these machines (sans monitor) are going for around 300 pounds. I had to ask myself whether building a purely appple home network was do-able in my budget, i.e. would the kudos balance-out the cost?
In the end i bought a couple of old pentium IIs for around 50 pounds (< US$100).
Nigel
One of the highlites (?) which i unfortunately missed was the winner of the Most Geeky Carrier Bag competition. Can anyone who was there tell me who won? Conversely, what bag would be voted best by the /. community?
Nigel