I guess a good follow up question would be if there is a good annotated bible out there, or parts of it, that succeds in giving some of the missing context for a modern audience?
Synchthing definitely needs some tweaking until it works the way you want it.
I've been using it for the psst five years and I'm pretty happy with it today. I have several folders synched between two servers and a handful of devices, including my Android phone. It has completely replaced Dropbox for me.
I forgot the first one, but I remember I upgraded it to an ATi Rage Pro so I could play Baldur's Gate, which needed 8 megabytes of video ram. Later I paired it with a Voodoo 2. I think it was the Diamond Monster one. And that one got replaced with a Matrox G200, which got replaced with Kyro II. I picked some odd cards back then.
I love it too!