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And time. Sometimes that's what the FU money would bring to the table.

These days, a $50 PC (or a free PC) will probably serve you better, because it's more likely to have a serial port.

You should probably try to find one that can either PXE boot or boot from a USB stick, since those are pretty much the easiest ways to quickly test your software.

Actually, I got away with a <$200 PC.