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         Reply/Technology, (sdf.org), 09/13/2018
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I like jynx's description of their "personal computing
ecosystem"[1]. The idea of everything actings as a "dumb"
terminal for a main system (a Pi in this case) is neat,
especially when the "dumb" terminals are magnitudes more
powerful than the host they are connecting to. Someone,
somewhere recently remarked about how this imbalance was
somewhat normal when considering how powerful GPU's are
these days compared to their host computers... I can't
recall where I read that though.

Currently, I'm looking for ways to legitimately get my z80
SBC "online." It suits my wants for computing power (when
coupled with its terminal), apart from the fact that I don't
have dialup service to use the internet with it. If I was
single, I'd dump the cable modem and try SDF's dialup, but
as it stands the family would probably kill me... so, I'll
have to find a way to emulate that I suppose.

I *could* use a Pi connected to the second TTL serial port
on the SBC, which would give me a login prompt and wifi...

[1] gopher://gopher.club:70/0/users/jynx/phlog/20180912.post

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