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    CS>  g0> I was just about to pull the trigger on an Orange Pi 5 today but  CS>   
    CS>  g0> then   
    CS>  g0> saw it doesn't have Wifi and Bluetooth, so I am off to check out  CS>   
    CS>  g0> some   
    CS>  g0> local stores to see if I can get lucky and find stock of anything   
    CS> CS>  g0> use   
    CS>   
    CS> Something for the future to ponder, would you ever get into trying RISC-V   
    CS> compatibility? Seems that RISC-V is quickly being something lots of   
    CS> people are shouting about now, might be a good thing to get into?   
    CS>   
    CS> Maybe something like a VisionFive 2 might be something to use in the   
    CS> future, looks promising.   
      
   Yeah absolutely.  I think they started adding RISC-V back into 2019 to the   
   compiler I use for Mystic, so assuming its in a usable state I don't see why   
   not.   
      
   I do think there is little benefit of RISC-V for a BBS system over existing   
   ARM/Intel.  The thing it has going for it is energy efficiency which is great   
   for embedded devices, things that run off of batteries, etc.   
      
   But if I am not mistaken it can't hang with Intel in terms of the number of CPU   
   cycles it takes to do things, which means it'll always be better to grab a   
   non-RISC device over RISC for a BBS anyway.   
      
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