How to network vintage Macs with modern Macs and tips on exchanging files using floppies, Zip disks, and other media.
Vintage Mac Networking and File Exchange, Adam Rosen, Adam’s Apple, 2007.12.19. Old Macs can exchange data and share an Internet connection very nicely using Apple’s old LocalTalk networking. A Vintage Mac Network Can Be as Useful as a Modern One, Carl Nygren, My Turn, 2008.04.08. Macs are not only noted for their longevity, but also by the passion which collectors have for some of the most interesting models ever made. 10 cult Macs adored by collectors, Tamara Keel, Digital Fossils, 2008.05.13. Apple only made two 16 MHz black and white models in the classic compact Mac form factor, and they’re both great computers. My compact Macs: Macintosh SE/30 and Classic II, Carl Nygren, Classic Macs in the Intel Age, 2008.06.11. The Wages family even uses this maxed out 1989 Macintosh SE/30 for surfing the Web! The SE/30 That Does It All: Interview with an Expert Vintage Mac User, Giles Turnbull, Cult of Mac, 2008.10.16. Getting apps and documents off 400K floppies, old disk images, and a Mac running System 5. Tales of old Mac data retrieval, Adam Rosen, Adam’s Apple, 2008.06.13. If your keyboard isn’t working as well as it once did, blasting under the keys with compressed air may be the cure. The Compressed Air Keyboard Repair, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2008.07.24. Yes, it is possible to create a boot floppy for the Classic Mac OS using an OS X Mac that doesn’t have Classic. Creating Classic Mac Boot Floppies in OS X, Paul Brierley, The ‘Book Beat, 2008.08.07. 
The best Macs from 1984 through 2009, including a couple that aren’t technically Macs.
Golden Apples: The 25 best Macs to date, Michelle Klein-Häss, Geek Speak, 2009.01.27. “At the very least, it makes sense to have a second partition with a bootable version of the Mac OS, so if you have problems with your work partition, you can boot from the ’emergency’ partition to run Disk Utility and other diagnostics.” Why You Should Partition Your Mac’s Hard Drive, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2008.12.11. Any Mac can be upgraded, but it’s a question of what can be upgraded – RAM, hard drive, video, CPU – and how far it can be upgraded. Know Your Mac’s Upgrade Options, Phil Herlihy, The Usefulness Equation, 2008.08.26. 
The Japanese call it Simasimac, the horizontal striped pattern that indicates your Mac is terminal.
Bringing a zebra stripe SE/30 back to life, Paul Brierley, The ‘Book Beat, 2009.02.19. Guide to Compact Macs, a quick overview of Apple’s 10 compact Macs. Discontinued accelerators (68030 unless otherwise noted) include the DayStar Universal PowerCache (33, 40, 50 MHz), Fusion Data TokaMac SX (0), and Total Systems Magellan 040 (0).
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