Re:The Old Computer Challenge
by bitwize on Friday July 09, 2021 @02:46AM
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Here are some ideas:
1) Scavenge an old PC from a tag sale, estate sale, thrift store, or eBay. Or see if there's one sitting by the dumpster. A PC from 2004 or so should do nicely.
2) That ThinkPad may have a serial port. Connect it to a PC through a USB-to-serial dongle. If the newer PC runs Linux, you can run PPP or SLIP on it to turn that serial connection into a network connection. For bonus authenticity points, it will communicate at mid-90s consumer internet speeds!
1) Scavenge an old PC from a tag sale, estate sale, thrift store, or eBay. Or see if there's one sitting by the dumpster. A PC from 2004 or so should do nicely.
2) That ThinkPad may have a serial port. Connect it to a PC through a USB-to-serial dongle. If the newer PC runs Linux, you can run PPP or SLIP on it to turn that serial connection into a network connection. For bonus authenticity points, it will communicate at mid-90s consumer internet speeds!