@tokyoracer:
Congrats on yer new Mac! :-) Stuffing it with stuff (!) depends on what you wanna do with it.. Nevertheless, since it's a pre-PCI model, there ain't much upgrades you can put in there. If you can't afford anything else, at least get the Sonnet G3 (around 45$ + s&h) This one most probably has the cpu onboard (as in soldered) which means that you don't get to remove the old one. If you go for the G3, you'll be running upto OS 9 decently. And since it doesn't appear to have a CD drive, you can use one of the external SCSI kind that some of us still use with the Amiga!
I myself have plenty of ol' Mac-power and can't complain. LC II, 7100,7300,8100,some G4's and a PPC mini
First thing you ought to do is replace the battery though, because although (old)Macs are considered reliable hardware, switching on-off like that all the time isn't a good treat. -I know it's your only option right now :-(
You can also check here for expansion advice
http://www.kan.org/6100/ but don't count on numbers (prices) and availability, since that site is a bit old.
Another thing you might be interested in is a VGA to LD15 adapter that would let you hook it to a normal VGA monitor, in case ye ol' monitor is showing its years.
Personally i think that old Macs are not that bad, the only thing that keeps their price so low compared to our Amigas is the fact that Apple still lives, and Macs keep showing up all the time. If C= was still around spitting new models, our retro-rigs wouldn't cost an arm and a leg sometimes...
Have fun mate! :-)
