Subj : Re: Small BBS Machines (was: Re: NTVDMx64 issues?)
To   : tenser
From : Mindsurfer
Date : Wed Dec 10 2025 15:49:38

  Re: Re: Small BBS Machines (was: Re: NTVDMx64 issues?)
  By: tenser to Shurato on Thu Dec 11 2025 02:39:59

 te> What about a Raspberry Pi and full-system emulation via QEMU? You could
 te> boot DOS, or OS/2, or whatever, and it'd probably be fast enough.

that would be probably good enough, except..
raspberry is not very efficient to run DOS or other emulations due to its processor being a non x86 compatible one.

And you can replace 3 Raspberries with one MiniPC for the same price and energy comsumption (you might even save on energy with your MiniPC when you replace 3 Raspberries), but you have your OS on a nvme and most likely space for an extra sata SSD in your MiniPC.

MiniPC internal GPU is most likely also alot more capable in regards of video codecs in hardware. So you can have a media player, home server + BBS all on one MiniPC. =)

For myself at home i have replaced 3 Raspberries with an N100 MiniPC and are very happy with it.
It is running Proxmox (basicly a managed qemu platform), Synchronet BBS, Media Center, several Servarr Software, DNS Server, Quassel Core (IRC), PaperlessNGX. And i have 3 HDDs for mass storage and an external SSD attached, a NVME and SSD internal inside the MiniPC.

btw: in proxmox you can create VMs for OS2 or DOS or...

TRIGKEY Mini PC 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake-N100 Prozessor (up to 3,40GHz) Green G4 Mini Computer 11 Pro, 16G DDR4 3200Mhz 500G M.2 2280 SSD Mini Desktop PC, Dual HDMI, WiFi 6, BT 5.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2

and the base MiniPC above was 125,-EUR only (70EUR discount, wait for black friday or other discount days)

Mindsurfer
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