utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis) (07/13/90)
In article <1217@kirk.nmg.bu.oz> cameron@kirk.nmg.bu.oz (Cameron Stevenson) writes: >About a year after the original A1000 was released all sorts of interesting >things were found inside the Workbench. I'm sure you all remember the gist of ... >are there 'signatures', hidden messages, and things in this new stuff as well? > >Has anybody found anything? OR perhaps there is somebody at Commodore who >is willing to tell something (er, anything....) Nothing like a bit of ... I asked Randall Jesup about that in late June. He thought long and hard about his answer before responding something like "Well, you won't find anybody's digitized pictures in there." He indicated that they had to go on a space hunt to get everything to fit into 512k and that the emphasis had been on getting the code correct. I got the impression that it wouldn't be worth it to look for such things until C= ships ROMs. However, if space is available there could very well be an "Easter egg" or two in the final version. I was very careful not to ask where to look (that would be cheating), only if it might be worth one's while. _____ | Todd M. Lewis Disclaimer: If you want my employer's ||\/| utoddl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu ideas, you'll have to || || utoddl@ecsvax.bitnet, @unc.bitnet _buy_ them. | || utoddl@next1.mscre.unc.edu |___ ("Prgrms wtht cmmnts r lk sntncs wtht vwls." --TML)
krooglik@gondwana2.ecr.mu.oz (Alex KROOGLIK) (07/13/90)
Yes, Cameron, we all remember those unique messages left there in the Workbench for us by those guru's at C=A in the mid 80's. If I recall, you could get them by going to WB and holding down the control key, both shify keys and both mouse keys and pressing '1', all done simultaneously. You could get a variety of messages by changing the '1' to 2,3,4,5,6 and I think that's as far as it went. As for the 3000, I am pretty sure cute little messages will exist but the 3000 project doesn't hail a new era in computing as did the old 1000 and I guess we miss out on some of the zest and interest put into the ol' 1000. I suppose you could talk to someone at C= and ask but don't hold your breath waiting for an answer. C= are an extremely stuffed company who need to get their derriers into gear or they'll flake out...
cameron@kirk.nmg.bu.oz (Cameron Stevenson) (07/13/90)
About a year after the original A1000 was released all sorts of interesting things were found inside the Workbench. I'm sure you all remember the gist of these messages. I can't remember any of them now, but at the time it was things like that that gave me a smile, and made me feel that my Amy had been built by people who enjoyed their work, and gave the machine some character. Now I'm sure all those who have worked on the A3000 and WB2.0 have been equally dedicated, and probably have enjoyed themselves in some way, but has the great god CORPORATION stilted your personalities as artists? Or are there 'signatures', hidden messages, and things in this new stuff as well? Has anybody found anything? OR perhaps there is somebody at Commodore who is willing to tell something (er, anything....) Nothing like a bit of lighthearted crap to keep life in perspective.. Cameron Stephenson Telephone +61 75 951220 Bond University Gold Coast Australia
mrush@csuchico.edu (Sea Polyp) (07/14/90)
In article <1217@kirk.nmg.bu.oz> cameron@kirk.nmg.bu.oz (Cameron Stevenson) writes: >Now I'm sure all those who have worked on the A3000 and WB2.0 have been >equally dedicated, and probably have enjoyed themselves in some way, but >has the great god CORPORATION stilted your personalities as artists? Or >are there 'signatures', hidden messages, and things in this new stuff as well? > >Has anybody found anything? OR perhaps there is somebody at Commodore who >is willing to tell something (er, anything....) Nothing like a bit of >lighthearted crap to keep life in perspective.. In order to allow such things to ever see the light of consumer day, it would probably be best if such messages were NOT revealed until such time as everything is irrevocably committed to ROM. If CBM KNEW about any fun stuff in there I'm sure they would do their best to REMOVE it. -- Matt *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* % I'd rather have Front AND Back gadgets % mrush@csuchico.edu % % than a Mac-like Zoom gadget! % mrush@cscihp.UUCP % *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* This is a SCHOOL! Do you think they even CARE about MY opinions?!