Subj : same as it ever was
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sat May 12 2018 23:40:50

Hallo Alan!

 AI> That's true, lines that go half way across the screen with just
 AI> ">>>>>..." can make it hard to read.

That can and does happen in echoareas but I am more willing to overlook it 
given that there is at least the opportunity for gems that are without equal in 
Fidonet echoareas.

 AI> I'll have to look at the Rock64. I have been looking at Pi's but
 AI> haven't got one yet.

raspis are okay, cheaper and are by far with greater support but then are 
extremely limiting developmentally speaking.  I did have a raspi here not too 
long ago but once I built my own pure 64 bit linux-gnu quickly outgrew it.  
Plus I didn't like having to ass a swap partition to overcome the lack of 
memory that is required by said 64 bit development host.  Swap greatly reduces 
the life expectancy of microSD cards.  In comparison a rock64 can be had with 
4G pf DDR3 which should be more than enough for said arm64 based development 
system with zero swap space thereby greatly enhancing life expectancy.  Also 
with a USB3 port tyhe opportunity for expansion to hotswappable external 
storage is GREATLY enhanced.  So despite the additional cost, the opportunities 
far outweigh the additional costs ... or so it would seem.

As of this writing, the above is unknown and is pure speculation on my part, 
but I do know that a raspi falls short of what I want/require out of such a 
thing.  Also I am in no particular rush to find out given the working 
x86_64-bonnell-linux-gnu I have at my disposal as we speak.  The EuroPoint has 
never had it so good.  ;-)

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

.... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.
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