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 CS>  g0> I was just about to pull the trigger on an Orange Pi 5 today but  CS> 
 CS>  g0> then
 CS>  g0> saw it doesn't have Wifi and Bluetooth, so I am off to check out  CS> 
 CS>  g0> some
 CS>  g0> local stores to see if I can get lucky and find stock of anything  
 CS> CS>  g0> use
 CS> 
 CS> Something for the future to ponder, would you ever get into trying RISC-V
 CS> compatibility? Seems that RISC-V is quickly being something lots of
 CS> people are shouting about now, might be a good thing to get into?
 CS> 
 CS> Maybe something like a VisionFive 2 might be something to use in the
 CS> future, looks promising.

Yeah absolutely.  I think they started adding RISC-V back into 2019 to the 
compiler I use for Mystic, so assuming its in a usable state I don't see why 
not.

I do think there is little benefit of RISC-V for a BBS system over existing 
ARM/Intel.  The thing it has going for it is energy efficiency which is great 
for embedded devices, things that run off of batteries, etc.

But if I am not mistaken it can't hang with Intel in terms of the number of CPU 
cycles it takes to do things, which means it'll always be better to grab a 
non-RISC device over RISC for a BBS anyway.

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