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An old fashioned way to get your SE on the internet would be with a modem. There are Mac 56k modems for sale on ebay, and there still seem to be dial up internet service providers. Though it would require land line phone service, which I guess many people don't have anymore. An alternative is...

I don't know much about this myself, but according to the Old Macintosh System Software and TCP/IP page of Vintage Networking information, for System 6 you would need to use MacTCP. A previous discussion on MacTCP Documentation mentions the MacTCP SDK, which includes the "MacTCP Programmer's...

Depending on what kind of hack you want to do, there may be some value in testing it in the emulation of a different machine. You can install a universal system so as to have the exact same software in both the emulation and real hardware. If your hack is very dependent on the specific...

Sorry, Mini vMac can not yet emulate a PowerBook 170. I believe the MESS emulator has made progress on emulating this machine. (But the website seems to be down just now.)

Correction: The "OS 8 and earlier, 680x0" version on the download page should work on a Powerbook 170 with the maximum 8 MB of RAM. It won't work with only 4 MB of RAM installed. Mini vMac can be compiled to emulate a Mac Plus with less RAM than the default 4 MB. That would allow it to run on...

The "OS 8 and earlier, 680x0" version on the Mini vMac Download page ought to work on a Powerbook 170, if you have enough patience. It is there more for completeness and amusement than to be of practical value. Still, if there are problems with it, let me know.

It is generally believed to be legal to make a copy, for your own personal use, of the ROM of a computer you own. If anyone has evidence to the contrary, I'd want to hear about it. (Perhaps you were just referring to copies acquired from other people?)