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  • What have I done?

    From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to All on Saturday, June 12, 2021 16:20:00
    I picked up Raspberry Pi, and compiled SBBS and have a test BBS up and
    running in my homelab. Why am I doing this?




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  • From Al@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, June 12, 2021 21:43:02
    Re: What have I done?
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sat Jun 12 2021 04:20 pm

    I picked up Raspberry Pi, and compiled SBBS and have a test BBS up and running in my homelab.

    We couldn't do this in 1995, but in 2021 we can.

    Why am I doing this?

    You can run your BBS on a nice little low power unit. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Al on Sunday, June 13, 2021 01:26:03
    Re: What have I done?
    By: Al to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jun 12 2021 09:43 pm

    Re: What have I done?
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sat Jun 12 2021 04:20 pm

    I picked up Raspberry Pi, and compiled SBBS and have a test BBS up

    and
    running in my homelab.

    We couldn't do this in 1995, but in 2021 we can.

    Why am I doing this?

    You can run your BBS on a nice little low power unit.


    you can do that now with a regular computer. they dont draw much at all and they can be quite small.
    my desktop is comical. i have this tiny motherboard mounted in this huge case with lights to showcase the beauty.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Al on Sunday, June 13, 2021 08:36:00
    Al wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Why am I doing this?

    You can run your BBS on a nice little low power unit. :)

    I've got the BBS running on an old laptop now, when it fails I'm seriously thinking about moving it to the Pi. With a 64 GB MicroSD card and 128 GB
    thumb drive I've got more than enough space for the BBS and backups, and I
    can plug it directly into my gateway router.




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