jdsb@coachk.egr.duke.edu (John D. S. Babcock) (06/20/91)
Hello Net USA! (Should I have posted world?)
Here is a list of Macintosh cookies. If you like it or have any
corrections, please let me know. If you think I am wasting too much
BW, please let me know (But in a kindly way). I take no credit nor
blame. I just compiled the list.
Sterling
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J. D. Sterling Babcock Duke University Electrical Engineering
jdsb@ee.egr.duke.edu or att!egr.duke.edu!jdsb
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The Canonical List of Macintosh Cookies Ver. 1.2
6/20/91 jdsb@egr.duke.edu
In celebration of the creativeness of Macintosh Developers, I would like
to present this list of macintosh cookies. (cookies, n. A fun or interesting
addition to a computers hardware or software, most notably the macintosh,
which performs no function, but to amuse the user.) The line with the number
tells you how to get the cookie. Then what happens is told. SPOILER ALERT!
If you don't want to know what happens, grep for '^?. ' on a unix machine.
Note that some numbers are repeated (i.e. 3). This is so multi line
instructions will grep OK.
Please note that there are probably errors, misspellings, or omitions.
I take no responsibility if your machine crashes and burns for trying these.
If you have any corrections or additions, please email me at the address above.
1. Mac SE, hit interupt switch to go into built in debugger, enter '41D89A G'
Four B&W Bitmap pictures of the macintosh development team.
Reboot to get rid of the endless cycle.
2. SoundEdit (Many Versions), About SoundEdit
Burning Fuse Bomb with sound, Sad looking puppy dog looking at victrola.
3. MacPaint 2.0 (Only the original versions. Removed later)
3. Option-About MacPaint
Bit mapped B&W pict of a zebra woman.
4. Finder 7.0 beta? other versions?
Hidden somewhere in the code is a message.
5. NOTES on 5,6,7: In order for the "extra goodies" to be installed,
5. the creation date of your "Desktop Folder" needs to be after
5. 5/13/91, 12:00AM. Use MPW or use a disk editor to change your creation
5. date to $A4538781 or greater. Or, you could reboot under System 6.0.x,
5. throw away the Desktop folder, and reboot under System 7.0.
5. Finder 7.0. Hold Option, pull down Apple Menu, select About the Finder.
You see the original B&W mountains from System 1.0.
If you release the mouse before the option, you will see the names of the
finders developers scroll by after a few seconds. It will list the
developers from 1991-1987, 1987-1984, and then the team for the Lisa
Desktop Manager. Eventually it starts over.
6. Finder 7.0. Hold Cmd-Opt, pull down Apple Menu, select About the Finder.
The cursor changes to a goofy face.
7. Monitors Ctrl Panel 7.0. Option click the version number (7.0)
7. Keep option pressed and click several times on the version number.
A box pops up with a smiley face and the names of the people who have
written it. If you hit option the face suddenly shows a tongue. If you
continue to hit option for some time over and over again, the christian
names and the names of those people get shuffled.
8. Macintosh Classic: Hold down Cmd-Opt-X-O during reboot
You start up on a minimal disk in the ROMs.
It is System 6.0.3 and therefore not recommended for everyday use.
9. IIfx: Set date to 03/19/90 (release date of IIfx),Restart
9. Hold cmd-option-f-x during startup, hold keys until the pict fades in.
You see a color pict of the Macintosh engineers.
10. IIci: Set date to 9/20/89 (release date of IIci), Set monitor to 8 bit
10. color, Restart Hold cmd-option-c-i during startup, hold keys until the
10. pict fades in.
You see a color pict of the Macintosh engineers.
Click mouse to continue.
11. MacsBug Balloon help:
"This file provides programmers with information proving that it really
was a hardware problem..."
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