The network idea is fantastic, and my Mac is already surrounded by PCs that could easily take on the job.
However, there's one gigantic issue, and that's that I have no way of hooking the 6100 into anything. I'd first have to hunt down an AAUI-ethernet adapter... and from what I remember looking at them about a few months ago they cost about the same as the SCSI-IDE adapter (which I might go for and just swap between any Macs I'm using, making it a bit more worth the money if I decide to get it) Unless there's another way to do it (I don't really know much about the Mac's communication-- all I see on this thing is the SCSI port and the AAUI port), I think any solution may cost money, in which case I think I might be better off just getting a different Mac.
This is basically me trying to prolong the useful life of this computer anyway. I'm going to go for a different Mac sooner or later.
However, there's one gigantic issue, and that's that I have no way of hooking the 6100 into anything. I'd first have to hunt down an AAUI-ethernet adapter... and from what I remember looking at them about a few months ago they cost about the same as the SCSI-IDE adapter (which I might go for and just swap between any Macs I'm using, making it a bit more worth the money if I decide to get it) Unless there's another way to do it (I don't really know much about the Mac's communication-- all I see on this thing is the SCSI port and the AAUI port), I think any solution may cost money, in which case I think I might be better off just getting a different Mac.
This is basically me trying to prolong the useful life of this computer anyway. I'm going to go for a different Mac sooner or later.