HI all,
Okay, I just been donated a Netbook.
To began, this Atom machine, is super slow, came with Windows 7 Starter (and the original owner, upgraded to Win10 and given to me because Win10 is super slow on this machine)
The machine has passed down to me specs:-
HP Mini 110-3500
Specs are:-
Processor Type
Intel Atom Dual Core N570
Processor Speed
1.5 GHz
RAM
1GB DDR3 RAM
Hard Disk
320 GB SATA HDD
Screen Size
10.1" HD LED Display
Webcam
1.3MP
Card Reader
Multi Card Reader
Battery
6 cell Battery with 5 hours Backup
Product Weight (Kg)
0.99 Kg
Video:-
Intel GMA (I forgot the number)
😢 😢
At first, I wanted to install Win98(for retro gaming), but you guys had decipher it for me about soundcard driver will not be available for Win98, for this machine. 😒
So I went ahead, install Tiny XP Rev 9(MicroXP didn't detect my HDD drive for unknown reason), and dual boot with Tiny7, followed by lastly, Antix(I wanted to go with ArchLinux but not good at command prompt installation) Linux, from https://antixlinux.com/. 🤣
The Truth is, I do not know how to re-purpose/revive this old Laptop at all. So, Hopefully, if you guys can answer my Question below, I can discover what I can use, with this old small machine 😀 :-
Q1. Old Game Server - I can setup this machine, like a "Laptop-On-The-Go" game server, so when there is a LAN party, this machine will be a dedicated LAN server for old games... (like DOSBox IPX server, or Unreal tournament Gold Server.... or Half Life 1 Server... ), is that a good idea? I will also turn on Windows File Sharing, so that when my friends bring their laptop to LAN play, they can just copy the game off from this laptop... Good idea?
Q2. OS Choice - Tiny XP and Tiny 7 and Antix Linux, is this a good choice for this old machine, to be a Game server or desktop?
Q3. Midi player - I do have 2 ancient machines with each have Midi/Joystick port for DOS, so I could Set it up as Midi Emulator.. to emulate Roland-32 and/or other Midi Emulator, so I just have to buy a USB to Midi for this to work. Good idea?
Q4. RAM upgrade - The laptop is running 1GB DDR3 RAM... I did try putting 4GB DDR3 and 8GB DDR3, but it make that netbook, unbootable. I do not have 2GB DDR3, should I spend the money to upgrade the RAM? Does it make any performance for this machine? Or save the money?
Q5. Should I use it as a Picture Frame Laptop, and put on the piano? Let it change the picture every 30 seconds? … 🤣 🤣 🤣
Q6. Old Gaming - PS1 like PSX emulator? DOSBOX?
Q7. Any other suggestion or ideas?
Appreciate your ideas/sharing on this... 😀 😕 😀 🤣