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Month: August 2020

UK Info Disk – A nostalgic adventure

September 2, 2020August 29, 2020 by TheDatahoarder
UK Info Disk v1.0

As a digital datahoarder, I tend not to throw away any old software whether it be on CD, DVD, or anything else. Last week I was moving some old boxes around whilst decorating and I caught glance of a CD-ROM that I’d completely forgotten about in one of them. The CD-ROM looked really old-school, but … Read more

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10 fun things you can use a home server for

September 2, 2020August 7, 2020 by TheDatahoarder

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll be aware that I am a huge fan of running a home server. In fact, I now have several used servers, all neatly racked up. The first thing most people ask when they see this is either “what do your home servers do?” or “what’s … Read more

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Top 5 best places to find cheap used servers for home use

August 1, 2020 by TheDatahoarder

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that I believe most datahoarders should buy a server. What I find is that most new datahoarders start out buying external hard drives. Some of them buy internal drives and load up their desktop PC. In the end however, those who are most serious … Read more

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