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echo: mystic
to: g00r00
from: Tristan Greaves
date: 2023-01-12 16:21:00
subject: Re: Donations

  Re: Re: Donations
  By: g00r00 to Michael J. Ryan on Thu Jan 12 2023 09:45 am

 g0> We can go buy a used Dell Optiplux mini for like $100-149 which lately is about the going price of a Pi 4 all-in. That 6600T
 g0> in the Dell will be 4-5 times faster and probably comes with a SSD. The bonus is also that its x86 so its easier to emulate
 g0> DOS doors.

Another approach (not one if you want the cheapest option!) is to install Proxmox (or your other favourite VM solution) on an Intel NUC and spin up your BBS in a VM.  This is quite a cool way to easily play with different bits of BBS software in isolated environments.

Tris.
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