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   PID: PyGate 1.5.11   
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   REPLYADDR me@sc1f1dan.com   
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   Up to about two years ago, I had a rack next to my desk with five-or-so   
   desktop machines running various servers. Over time everything was   
   transitioned to raspberry pi with the exception of my old firewall. A   
   converted old Dell workstation - a retired fleet computer - I purchased   
   from a mom&pop computer shop, they bought by the palet at auction. It   
   ran smoothwall for a decade - until now. The eighteen year old   
   motherboard gave up this morning. The funeral was sad but the reception   
   tasteful.   
      
   After some maneuvering, internet was restored for the home network. Now,   
   for the first time, my den is completely silent sans an occasional   
   laserjet system check. Something magical about running fanless systems.    
      
   Only thing I'll miss about it are the free usb ports for   
   powering/charging various nicknacks. Nothing my underutilized usb hub   
   can't solve.   
      
   So glad I moved to rpi. I can get used to this.   
      
   On a different note, there was a moment where I considered   
   buying a 500+. Then saw the price has hiked to $260 since the last time   
   I checked. Yeah, nevermind.   
      
   Daniel   
   sysop  | air & wave bbs   
   finger | calcmandan@bbs.erb.pw   
      
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