New Old Video Idea
Added 2020-06-30 00:43:08 +0000 UTCA couple of years ago I had an idea for a "mini-series" to acquire old computers to see if Linux could "revive" them.
The idea came from an old industrial computer my Dad had collecting dust in his garage.
This thing:
It's a Windows NT era machine build for PLC programming and related stuff. Amazing it, it has a pair of USB slots and the chipset is all Intel so.. It should actually work with a distro like Debian, right?
The thing is, I don't know how to even make a video like this. For starters, it doesn't have video-out so I would have to record the monitor. Second, I don't really want to appear in a video but I think the hardware is the most interesting thing about it so I'd want to show it.
Anyway, I'd like to sample a video like this before the end of the year. And if people really dig it, maybe I'll see if it's feasible to have a mini-series alongside Distro Delves.
Picture this: Scavaging for old computer equipment at local Thrift Stores or Garage Sales and seeing if I can renew them with Linux. I think it sounds pretty cool! π
Comments
Planning it feels like that KDE vs Xfce video where I didn't know what the response would be. Maybe people will really dig it and we can dial in the episode format together.. That would be awesome!
Egee
2020-06-30 15:58:48 +0000 UTCIf you can make it work I would be all for it.
Marquis Davis
2020-06-30 14:37:52 +0000 UTCAssuming there's at least some kind of Pentium 4 or better in that old relic it could run Debian (Anything older than a 586 (Pentium 1,2 and maybe 3) probably won't). You can show the hardware without showing yourself. I like the idea of it. Whether it renews them to a point of being functional remains to be seen but interested to find out
Daniel Criggie
2020-06-30 13:52:22 +0000 UTC
