A Nuc is a full-on computer. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/71484/intel-nuc-kit-dccp847dye.html

You might have better results turning it into a small NAS device.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 6:21 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
My father gave me an old NUC (DCCP847DYE) that needed an SSD. I I
ordered the SSD yesterday and am awaiting it now and I was hoping to
just use the NUC as an external USB drive. Is it as simple as
connecting the two computers with a USB cord? or will I have to use an
ethernet cable?

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