PBW server needs more memory, got any?

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Paul1980au:
Something that passes as an upgrade - its amazing how quickly the speed and memory capacities are moving - yet my Pentium 500Mhz still passes the interet test (a little slow perhaps) but i can sitll use the web - need $$$ myself to upgrade.

Yep they still fit the bill. I have a couple of dual 500's that are still good servers. To tell the truth, they are less than a year old. I got them as NOS Last summer. I had 6, but I sold 4 to cover the two I kept.

[Lisif Deoral]

Originally posted by Paul1980au:
Something that passes as an upgrade - its amazing how quickly the speed and memory capacities are moving - yet my Pentium 500Mhz still passes the interet test (a little slow perhaps) but i can sitll use the web - need $$$ myself to upgrade.

Well... My P233MMX still works perfectly! 128 Mb RAM, 10 Gb + 1.5 Gb Hard Disks, no 3D accelerator, etc. I plan to buy a new one on its 10th "birthday"... maybe
Actually, that's one of the reasons why I keep playing such games as Space Empires, Steel Panthers and Civilization rather than RTS or MMORPGs or whatever else.

As for donating equipment, if you wish I have a complete P120 and an almost-complete 486DX2@66MHz. SEIV runs on both of them! (but I don't recommend to host any games on anything slower than 200 Mhz!) Maybe I could sell them as antiquities in a few years...

Ok, this post was far off-topic

[rdouglass]

Actually older stuff can work fine for a long time if you don't expect it to do too much. I still have a Compaq Dual P166 server in service running Win2K Server and fax server software supporting 4 busy fax lines. It has to be at least 8 years old, but just keeps on tickin'...

However, I'd not consider anything more on that box - definitely not IIS or anything like that...