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echo: bbs_carnival
to: DUMAS WALKER
from: ROBERT WOLFE
date: 2020-09-10 18:33:00
subject: Re: low power consumption

On 07 Sep 2020, Dumas Walker said the following...
 
 DW> > I want a PC like a mac mini to run my bbs so i can turn off the pc i run
 DW> > bbs on during the summer power emergencies in california.
 DW> 
 DW> I run one on a Raspberry Pi.  I also run one, this one, on an UP Board
 DW> sbc. Both put off very little heat, which help keep the room cooler
 DW> during the Summer, too.  The UP Board is more powerful than any desktop
 DW> PC I ever had, and runs on an intel chip so there are few
 DW> incompatabilities.  Only issue would be if you require a CD-ROM drive
 DW> onboard.  :)

Yeah, I enjoy firing up my Pi from time to time, too :)  Not really sure that
I want to use it for mainly, though.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/07 (Linux/64)
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