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  • “Yeah, so I’ve got an issue with my computer, and I am getting an error message”

    “What does the error message say?”

    “Dont really know, lots of gibberish”

    “Would you mind reading that gibberish to me”

    “I’ll send you a screenshot”

    “Allright, I’ll look at it once I got it, and come back to you”

    At which point I will hang up, wait 10 minutes for their email, look if its something urgent and if it isn’t, wait about an hour or two before emailing them back my answer.


  • Games i currently have working 100% Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed CnC Tiberian Sun Red Alert Red Alert 2 The Sims complete collection Sim City 3000 Unlimited Sim City 4 Deluxe Carmageddon Max Pack Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now Carmageddon TDR 2000 Rollercoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack Windows Space Cadet Pinball Sid Meier’s Civilization III Complete

    FYI: I assume you wanted to list your games in a list format without having each title start a new paragraph. If you end your line in a double space before hitting return, you can do that.
    Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed<space><space><return>CnC Tiberian Sun<space><space><return> etc. will become:

    Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
    CnC Tiberian Sun
    Red Alert
    Red Alert 2
    The Sims














  • The main concern with old hardware is probably powerdraw/efficiency, depending on how old your PC is, it might not be the best choice. But remember: companies are getting rid of old hardware fairly quickly, they can be a good choice and might be available for dirt cheap or even free.

    I recently replaced my old Synology NAS from 2011 with an old Dell Optiplex 3050 workstation that companies threw away. The system draws almost twice the power (25W) compared to my old synology NAS (which only drew 13W, both with 2 spinning drives), but increase in processing power and flexibility using TrueNAS is very noticable, it allowed me to also replace an old raspberry pi (6W) that only ran pihole.

    So overall, my new home-server is close in power draw to the two devices it replaced, but with an immense increase in performance.