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  • Purchased a Refurbished Computer

    From Mike Dippel@3:712/1321.5 to ALL on Monday, January 30, 2023 10:43:02
    Just got a Dell computer through E-Bay that runs Windows 10 Home version with 8 Gig
    ram. The vendor was a company named Discount Computer Depot. Paid a whopping $85.00 for it. I think it also has built-in Wi-Fi although I haven't needed to use it.

    I plan on using it to check out various BBS software to see how they function, and possibly
    run a second BBS on it in the future. My Winserver BBS is remotely hosted.

    Very pleased with it so far, and I would highly recommend them.

    Mike Dippel

    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
    * Origin: The Hobby Line! Internet hobbylinebbs.com (3:712/1321.5)
  • From Daniele Somma@2:335/601 to Mike Dippel on Monday, January 30, 2023 18:33:05
    Nice deal you did! I see these computers often get sold for like almost a fiver or for about 20 bucks, they're still perfectly working, even if they got something like a Pentium 4 processor.

    But these are absolutely fine for running BBSes - certainly more stable than a Raspberry Pi when's about hosting a board!

    ... Evil triumphs when good people do nothing. - Einstein

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: REtrogaming ACTivities (REACT) BBS (2:335/601)
  • From Mike Dippel@3:712/1321.6 to Daniele Somma on Friday, February 03, 2023 09:40:06
    On 30 Jan 2023, Daniele Somma said the following...

    Nice deal you did! I see these computers often get sold for like almost
    a fiver or for about 20 bucks, they're still perfectly working, even if they got something like a Pentium 4 processor.

    But these are absolutely fine for running BBSes - certainly more stable than a Raspberry Pi when's about hosting a board!


    I am actually using it now to run my new Mystic system. It's a screamer!

    Mike Dippel

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Mystic Hobbies BBS mystic-hobbies.com (3:712/1321.6)