Most likely use it to play those games which either run too fast on my PowerTower or refuse to run on anything but 68k, at least properly. and there were a few classics that did that.
That, and IRC, since it does have an Ethernet card already. I'm a big IRC nut. not really a regular in #68kmla but I definitely am on quite a few other networks. running IRC clients on older machines is a thing for me.
Once I get home from errands today, I'll be going to the garage to retrieve the Thunder IV GX. I think it may be the safer option of that and the 8-24GC when dealing with 7.6.1.
I could also downgrade, but why bother with that? I have 7.6.1 without trying too much. I read somewhere that the 8-24GC plays nicely with some ROM versions, but has glitchy menus. can anyone confirm this?