Subj : Raspberry Pi
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 28 2023 15:01:12

  Re: Raspberry Pi
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Fri Apr 28 2023 02:32 pm

 PF> Yeah, I was going to suggest to Matt that the micro-allure of rPis are
 PF> nice, but it's hard to beat the bang-per-buck score of a used Dell SFF
 PF> desktop PC. $90 on NewEgg for a Optiplex 3050 with 8GB of RAM, a 3.7 ghz
 PF> CPU and 500 GB hard drive.

 PF> You get an intel CPU, so no compile issues, good airflow and a proper SATA
 PF> interface.

Yeah, they're good PCs.  I'm currently using a Dell Precision that I bought on eBay about a year and a half a go, and in addition to my BBS, I'm also using it as a Plex media server, Pi-Hole (network-wide ad blocker), and other things.

Nightfox
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