[ale] Q: What good is a 386/16??? A: Stress reliever

[Steven Rice]

Denny Chambers wrote:
> 
> I have a IBM PS/1 486SX-25MHz with 525 MB HD and 20 MB memory running Redhat
> 6.0 as my internet firewall for my cable modem. I have three machines on my
> side of the firewall and I haven't had any problems with all three
> downloading large files at the same time. I also run my personnel web page
> from this site. So don't discard those old computers just because it is old.
> 
> I think I once read where a 486/66 used as a firewall was more than capable
> of filling the full bandwidth of T1 line.
 
I have a 'few' 486's better then 33dx that i use LRP and debain on that
work great.  I was wondering what i could use a 386 for.  I'm pissed off
so I'm going to release my rage on the old 386's.