look for a stratum proxy for your algo, there's one for cryptonight here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2654871.0[/quote]
Finally - yes, this was the type of answer I am looking for. Thank you.
In case anyone else was actually interested, I found:
"XMR-NODE-PROXY"
allows you to merge multiple Monero mining rigs into one, which helps lower the load on pools, reduces bandwidth used and allows you to use a lower difficulty setting. When using a proxy, the mining pool that you connect to see only one miner.
The key word here was "LOWER DIFFICULTY SETTING". By doing so, allows the smaller machines to become more efficient.