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   From: nospam.Tristan.Greaves@f1.n770.z883.fidonet.org (Tristan Greaves)   
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   Subject: Re: Donations   
   Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:21:20 +1300   
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   From: nospam.Tristan.Greaves@f1.n770.z883.fidonet.org   
      
     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   
    g0> 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   
    g0> 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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