|I picked up an old 40gb computer with USB port.
|[...]with no operating system. (They wiped it clean.)
|[...]Is it possible, because of the USB port,
|to use this computer as an external hard drive,
| Herb
|
Not without an operating system...and it doesn't have to be a M$ (payware) OS.
These folks will give you a free OS CD--delivered to your door (still gratis):
https://shipit.kubuntu.org/

As Kiwi said, you can pull out *the drive* and add that to an existing box
(if all you want is additional storage).


|[...](Or, is the USB port on a computer ONLY an input?)
|
No. USB is bi-directional.

You are describing a **network**.
A "NIC" (Network Interface Card) would do that (you still need an OS)
--and Ethernet is MUCH faster than USB on an old box.

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