Subj : Re: recent projects
To   : Mike Powell
From : Alexander Grotewohl
Date : Fri Aug 12 2022 07:53 pm

On 12 Aug 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 
 MP> I occassionally will find a video where someone is using a GPU board to
 MP> "simulate" (is that the right word?) a DOS machine.  They are usually
 MP> doing it for gaming.  I sometimes wonder if there are any with an actual
 MP> RS232 serial port that could be used for some BBSing purpose.

i was just yesterday looking at single-board-computers with authentic intel
386 cpus, dos in firmware, network interface and compact flash. it would be 
possible to go old school with a little novell network or something and not 
totally eat it in electric costs. there are even hardware serial to telnet 
devices that pretend to be a modem..

unfortunately they're around $300/ea and the novelty wears off pretty quick if 
you wanted more than maybe two nodes..

.... There is an exception to every rule, except this one.

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