I'm a software developer, and one of the things I dabble in is ESP32 microcontroller development. These are extremely cheap ($5-ish) microcontrollers with Wifi and Bluetooth built in. I'm attaching a picture of a tiny $5 ESP32 module - to get an idea of the size, that's a USB-C port. So smaller than a postage stamp. The other picture is a $10 model that has a display and MicroSD slot.
It hit me that these devices have plenty of power to run a BBS. All they'd need is a MicroSD for storage, and it would connect your Wifi (you'd have to set up port forwarding to telnet of course). Dedicated BBS hardware for about $10, plug-and-play.
Anyone heard of any projects like this? Is there any good open-source BBS software out there, ideally in C++?
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