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<blockquote data-quote="neonlaundry" data-source="post: 384297" data-attributes="member: 19777"><p><strong>Components</strong>:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>eMac G4 1GHz(?) - 80G HD</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Maxtor - 300G External HD</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Randomly acquired HP Windows PC System with approx 80G HD</em></li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>My Level of Competency:</strong></p><p><em>Mac OS = 7.5/10</em></p><p><em>Windows= 4.5/10</em></p><p><em>Basic-to-Moderate Computer Terminology</em></p><p><em>Limited Networking Terminology</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Story:</strong></p><p>I have an eMac with something like an 80GB HD. I have a Maxtor external 300GB HD. I have a windows machine thats fairly young with a good processor and a hefty HD as well. I don't use the Windows machine. I would love to gut it. I would love to make it into a Media Console or something of the sort. At least it could be converted into a tower of TB HD storage, right?</p><p></p><p>I would like something that I could back up to. I would like something that could basically be a library for tunes and video. I would like something to which I could potentially add space.</p><p></p><p>How do I go about doing this? Can someone direct me to some cool instruction page in Mac colloquialism? I don't know much of the Windows jargon and find that every time I get into it I get extremely frustrated.</p><p></p><p>I have been directed to the <a href="http://www.freenas.org" target="_blank">FREENAS</a> website. To be honest, most of this stuff is way over my head (<em>NAS, LPR/LPD serving, mt-daapd, PHP over FW, WHS...etc...etc</em>). I'm no programmer and know nothing more about Open Source jargon than I learned from the movie <a href="http://www.revolution-os.com" target="_blank">Revolution OS.</a></p><p></p><p>I don't mind reading up or learning what needs learned, I just can't start a degree plan based on this project.</p><p></p><p>Can anyone help? Is there a fix for this situation?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I just want to do something neat with this windows machine so it's not sitting there getting older and collecting dust. I want people to say, 'Wow, that's awesome.'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neonlaundry, post: 384297, member: 19777"] [B]Components[/B]: [I][LIST] [*]eMac G4 1GHz(?) - 80G HD [*]Maxtor - 300G External HD [*]Randomly acquired HP Windows PC System with approx 80G HD [/LIST][/I] [B]My Level of Competency:[/B] [I]Mac OS = 7.5/10 Windows= 4.5/10 Basic-to-Moderate Computer Terminology Limited Networking Terminology [/I] [B]Story:[/B] I have an eMac with something like an 80GB HD. I have a Maxtor external 300GB HD. I have a windows machine thats fairly young with a good processor and a hefty HD as well. I don't use the Windows machine. I would love to gut it. I would love to make it into a Media Console or something of the sort. At least it could be converted into a tower of TB HD storage, right? I would like something that I could back up to. I would like something that could basically be a library for tunes and video. I would like something to which I could potentially add space. How do I go about doing this? Can someone direct me to some cool instruction page in Mac colloquialism? I don't know much of the Windows jargon and find that every time I get into it I get extremely frustrated. I have been directed to the [URL="http://www.freenas.org"]FREENAS[/URL] website. To be honest, most of this stuff is way over my head ([I]NAS, LPR/LPD serving, mt-daapd, PHP over FW, WHS...etc...etc[/I]). I'm no programmer and know nothing more about Open Source jargon than I learned from the movie [URL="http://www.revolution-os.com"]Revolution OS.[/URL] I don't mind reading up or learning what needs learned, I just can't start a degree plan based on this project. Can anyone help? Is there a fix for this situation? I just want to do something neat with this windows machine so it's not sitting there getting older and collecting dust. I want people to say, 'Wow, that's awesome.' [/QUOTE]
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