> Subject: Re: seeking quiet,  low-cost NetBSD server appliance
>
> >
> > buy old (pentium-1 class, max 100Mhz) PC,
>
> Actually you want the second generation, they have a much lower
> power output than the early ones.
> The early ones ran a 25MHz bus clock, the later 33MHz,
> IIRC a P100 could be either sort.
>
> But I'm not sure I' reccommend running any of them without
> a fan.

i'm running one of them for 2 years (Pentium 90) no problems.

my home P133 has fan but once it stopped working system worked 2 months
without power down.



to be really sure pentium 166MMX or 200MMX underclocked will do this job
fine