Can an old junk be used with a new one?

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Abhinav Nishant

I have a discarded intel P-III based system(abt 933MHz), tucked away in
junk, and am currently having a better Desktop, a P-IV based system(3.0GHZ).
Can I use the old hardware in conjuction with this less older one, I mean my
current desktop? Something like distributed processor or something else. I
can arrange few other components if needed. The old system is almost ready,
but just discarded due to being obselete.
One way to connect was through lan ports, but thats not fruitful for me.
Any other suggestions? Some more complex coupling, involving hardware
manipulations?

Regards,
Abhinav
 
Abhinav said:
I have a discarded intel P-III based system(abt 933MHz), tucked away in
junk, and am currently having a better Desktop, a P-IV based system(3.0GHZ).
Can I use the old hardware in conjuction with this less older one, I mean my
current desktop? Something like distributed processor or something else. I
can arrange few other components if needed. The old system is almost ready,
but just discarded due to being obselete.
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You could use your old P3-933 as a linux server plus router. But it will
consumes more electricity than a dedicated hardware router. The PC might
also be a fire risk if powered on 24 hours a day.

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A nice option, will it help me increase my computational speed? Does a Linux
server, any distro supports something like that distributed/parallel
processing? (I am not sure if I used the right terminology
"distributed/parallel" apologies, I don't know any better word.)

I have a single monitor, and as per my limited expertise, I guess the option
suggested can be implemented nicely, installing a Linux server on the old
system and reallocating the monitor to the primary system, there must be
something to connect to the server remotely.
I can allocate the network oriented tasks, such as torrents and all, to the
server and access/transfer the files through some remote login methods, as
this will help me reduce the load on my primary system, and I can turn it
off too, while the server is running.

Are there any methods for that?

I have a primitive access to the internet, a dial-up modem, though it is not
the best offer for me but it is the cheapest for me. Will putting the
server/router in between eat up my bandwidth? A drop of few Kb/s is a lot
to me, in a dial-up.

Well, my current system is running 24x364, and it has been abt three years
like that, still no fire!
I don't know how will an old system react to such a harsh regime, but still
lets give it a shot. In the end I have nothing to loose. Better wear out the
systen than to leave it to decay. I just need to take care of the fire
hazard, else I along with my house can be on fire!

Is it an optimal solution, side lining the electricity and fire hazards?
Any better ideas are welcomed. I am waiting.

Regards,
Abhinav
 
Thanks, Ani!

For taking the time to answer in such detail and in a plain language that
everybody can understand :)

I have a couple of old machines standing around, and I like the idea of a
server for file storage.

Greetings,
Knut Otterbeck
 
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