Hallo Alan!   
      
    AI> That's true, lines that go half way across the screen with just   
    AI> ">>>>>..." can make it hard to read.   
      
   That can and does happen in echoareas but I am more willing to overlook it   
   given that there is at least the opportunity for gems that are without equal   
   in Fidonet echoareas.   
      
    AI> I'll have to look at the Rock64. I have been looking at Pi's but   
    AI> haven't got one yet.   
      
   raspis are okay, cheaper and are by far with greater support but then are   
   extremely limiting developmentally speaking.  I did have a raspi here not too   
   long ago but once I built my own pure 64 bit linux-gnu quickly outgrew it.    
   Plus I didn't like having to ass a swap partition to overcome the lack of   
   memory that is required by said 64 bit development host.  Swap greatly reduces   
   the life expectancy of microSD cards.  In comparison a rock64 can be had with   
   4G pf DDR3 which should be more than enough for said arm64 based development   
   system with zero swap space thereby greatly enhancing life expectancy.  Also   
   with a USB3 port tyhe opportunity for expansion to hotswappable external   
   storage is GREATLY enhanced.  So despite the additional cost, the   
   opportunities far outweigh the additional costs ... or so it would seem.   
      
   As of this writing, the above is unknown and is pure speculation on my part,   
   but I do know that a raspi falls short of what I want/require out of such a   
   thing.  Also I am in no particular rush to find out given the working   
   x86_64-bonnell-linux-gnu I have at my disposal as we speak.  The EuroPoint has   
   never had it so good.  ;-)   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
   --- GNU bash, version 4.4.19(1)-release (x86_64-bonnell-linux-gnu)   
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)