Antenna Handbook: Do not Throw your Old Computer

If still have an old computer PC with i386 Processor, maybe you can still used it and take advantage from this old computer with open source software.
You can install Unix Operating System such as FreeBSD Unix or Linux Operating System.

The hardware minimum system for Installing Free BSD is :

32bit x86 Intel Processor such i386, 80486 or higher CPU with minimum 64MB RAM or 128MB RAM with 1.5 GB hard drive memory.

amd64 Processor , inlcude AMD Athlon, AMD opteron , multi core Intel xeon, and Intel core 2.

While for Linux Operating System support Processor Intel 80386, 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III CPU, these includes processors such 386SX, 486SX, 486DX, and 486DX2, included Cyrix Processor and AMD Processor.

The Advantage of Old computer is for small business industry and home small business owner , you can have low cost for software and hardware budget for running your business. You can email, browsing, also make spreadsheet calculation and financial plan and accounting also office function can be done with Libre Office , and printing also can be done. Simplify this, you can have your own business office with old computer and old printer, also you need router for connecting to Internet.

For Example I used Opensuse Linux for my notebook. So I do not have to worry about copyright issue software. Because all software that I need for working in home are open source such as Libre Office, KMail, etc.

This is capture from my notebook , I use opensuse for Operating System.

And for Using Printer, We use share printer in the home network. Although the Server we use still using Windows OS 7 , because it is not belong to me. But The Ideas of this plan is to reduce or minimize your SOHO or small business from taking his/her budget from capital for buying expensive system of small hone network computer. And you can still save your budget for other used.