oakchris1955 3 hours ago

> Sure... but... the original $35 RasPi is closer to a modern RasPi Zero 1, which looks like it's selling for $45 - $50 on Amazon.

Yeah, because a second-hand 13-year-old computer is gonna last quite a long time.

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PorciiVorbesc 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A 13 year old computer is gonna use a lot more power than a RPi, that's for sure.

	▲	OhMeadhbh an hour ago \| parent [-]
		You would think... but if you don't have to run the 13 year old computer at full tilt, then the power difference may be minimal. The LEON SoS SPARC clones I used wound up consuming MUCH less power than modern intel cores. And CPU power consumption is only part of the whole system. And a lot of the system power scales with bus speed rather than inverse CPU age. It's possible recent systems will consume more electrons than older systems.

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OhMeadhbh an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I have a 60 year old computer attached to my Minuteman III and it's doing fine. A 13 year old computer that still works is a computer that still works. And if it's worked 13 years, then it might last another 13 years (unlike the Intel NUC that died after 18 months.)

	▲	nyargh 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Your /what/?