Networking 2 Macs Together

Hi,
Is there an easy way to network a MDD G4 Mac to a new Mac Pro? I'm trying to decide whether to sell my old Mac or whether I might could use it for "storage" purposes (have some hefty hard drives in it)...
Thanks!
Jacki

If you have broadband Internet for each computer, you already have everything you need to create a file sharing network.
This illustrated guide will show you how:
http://homepage.mac.com/car1son/os9xnet_nfilesharing.html
If all are using Mac OS X, just ignore the OS 9 illustrations.

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