03-20-2002, 03:39 PM
First off - the 1.5 is not going to be anywhere near enough to host a 20 node chat
2. You paid too much for a PIII 450. I have 3 sitting in my garage that I canabalize for parts. They're worth about $200 at best depending on how much they were abused.
3. 20 Gig for sig pic and file storage is no where near enough. Go out and buy a secondary drive and connect it as a slave drive to your main drive (the master). Note: Not my terms, that's what they're called.
4. if you have 1.5 up .8 down, you're on DSL. Most DSL providers frown on networking of computers to their connection.
5. Your chats will be the equivalent of my dumps after I eat bananas or rice. Clogged up and nothing really gets out.
6. Forget about surfing with it if you're gonna use it to chat. The traffic back and forth will kill your speed to modem speed.
But this is just my opinion. If you really want to do this, here's your option:
A. Go buy a new P4 1.7 Ghtz or higher with a 60GIG drive and 1 Gb RAM. (about $2000)
B. Switch to Cable and you get 10 Megabits up and down (on a good day)
C. Forget the chats, no one wants to talk to you anyway.
2. You paid too much for a PIII 450. I have 3 sitting in my garage that I canabalize for parts. They're worth about $200 at best depending on how much they were abused.
3. 20 Gig for sig pic and file storage is no where near enough. Go out and buy a secondary drive and connect it as a slave drive to your main drive (the master). Note: Not my terms, that's what they're called.
4. if you have 1.5 up .8 down, you're on DSL. Most DSL providers frown on networking of computers to their connection.
5. Your chats will be the equivalent of my dumps after I eat bananas or rice. Clogged up and nothing really gets out.
6. Forget about surfing with it if you're gonna use it to chat. The traffic back and forth will kill your speed to modem speed.
But this is just my opinion. If you really want to do this, here's your option:
A. Go buy a new P4 1.7 Ghtz or higher with a 60GIG drive and 1 Gb RAM. (about $2000)
B. Switch to Cable and you get 10 Megabits up and down (on a good day)
C. Forget the chats, no one wants to talk to you anyway.
Have a great day!