Really Old Pc

Well, I'm currently running Sygate personal FW. Surely that's enough to be reasonably secure with dialup? :huh:

Don't want to rush into this, and I have to get the old box networked to my newer system first. Learning as I go...

Sorry, thought you'd said you didn't have a firewall.

Just a thought, does the old pc have USB? If not, depending on how you will connect to broadband you will need one of:

• a USB card
• a second ethernet card
• a pci broadband card

The second ethernet card is probably the best option.

Actually no, the old box doesn't have USB.

I hadn't considered the connectivity issues yet, so thanks for bringing that caveat to light, lynx. :)
I was just concentrating on getting the two systems linked together at this stage of the game, then worry about the 'net connection afterwards.

I do have a USB card that I lent to a mate after an upgrade made it redundant. I'll see if I can snaffle it back from him.
If not, I have another buddy who works for an IT retailer who'll give me mate's rates on a cheap NIC, so no probs there.

Make a dos box, re live the good ol days :)

Is everything integrated?

Nope... I don't think system integration was invented back when this mobo was on the market. :lol:

personally, i'd shell out $20-$30 for a cheap graphics card that has TV-out, stuff the hard drive full of old arcade & 8bit/16bit console roms, and use the machine to run game emulators on a TV. :P