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   BBS_CARNIVAL      Your BBS software rules and others suck      5,461 messages   

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   Robert Wolfe to Dumas Walker   
   Re: low power consumption pc'   
   10 Sep 20 18:28:45   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 1:261/20 ab7d2f16   
   REPLY: 4243.carnival@1:2320/105 23bbae90   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   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.   
      
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