Appreciate everyone's input, truly.
With respects to all the questions, I think I can summarize: I'm retiring in one year. I will have time to deep dive into stuff and tinker. That being said, my kid (23, mind you) likes getting into things like this. No idea what he has, what the possibilities are, etc.
I told him if the forum folks told me "that's amazing" then I'd move forward ha ha. But seeing as how it's iffy at best PLUS my lack of general knowledge, it's one more thing that can wait until I can do the deep dive research and THEN commit.