[KLUG Members] Re: Broadband firewalls -- flawed logic and analysis ...

[Bruce Smith]

> Look, you can point out other choices, that's fine.  I'm well
> aware that I could build an x86 box with no hard drive and run
> a floppy-based Linux distro that doesn't have a shell to drop
> into.  I chose not to because the cheap boxes that I have that
> it would run on have fans (for power supplies and CPUs).  I have
> tinnitus, so I'm trying to reduce noise in my office, and
> replacing a PC with solid-state electronics helps a lot. 

I have it on good authority (although I've never tried it personally)
that you can disconnect the power supply fan in a Pentium PC running
FloppyFW.  I guess it doesn't use enough horsepower to generate heat.

Disclaimer:  Try at your own risk, and don't blame me if you smoke that
$5 Pentium box!  :-)   And of course, you shouldn't be mucking with
power supplies if you don't know what you're doing. (and don't forget to
unplug it first :)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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