Some here have mentioned that many companies still use FTP, and that you can still use FTP to "access" old Macs from new. Terminal programs have also been mentioned for "access." I myself am well aware of that, but "limited access" is not the same as the robust file transfers one can perform via AppleTalk. I challenge you to drag and drop your SE/30's hard disk partitions (in my case, some being more than 1GB in size) to your OS 10.6 Intel Mac and do a full backup over Ethernet via FTP or Terminal programs! I've done a complete backup of my SE/30 this way, including System 6.x and 7.x and OS 8.1 system folders, with all files, filenames, custom icons, etc. intact after the transfer, with no special compression or encoding required. That is the big difference. Yes, FTP and terminal apps still provide access. But such "limited access" does not excite me.
