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		icedchai on July 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The complex history of the Intel i960 RISC process... What are you using it for? When I was a teenager, I dreamed of getting one of those boards so I could have a multi-line BBS on my Amiga!

johnklos on July 5, 2023 [–]

I use it to have serial consoles on a number of other machines for remote administration. The sessions get started automatically on boot with tmux and cu, so it's very convenient and easy - much easier than having a ton of USB-serial adapters hanging off of a newer machine.

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