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  • "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac

    From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.vintage, comp.sys.mac.system on Sat Mar 21 18:35:14 2026
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    We watched a new episode of the UK crime drama "Death in Paradise" last
    night (season 15, episode 4). There were two glaring computer mistakes
    in the show.

    The two uniformed police officers visited the victims house to look for evidence in the case and found an old computer "one called it a "time machine") which was an old classic Apple Macintosh.

    1. Incorrect operating system
    The second officer started the computer up which made the normal
    Macintosh 'bong' boot sound. The camera moves to view the screen
    with the officer saying "It seems to be working", yet it shows
    lines of text appearing, not the 'smiley Mac' startup image.
    <https://i.imgur.com/uCfBiWP.jpeg>

    A couple of minutes later she is looking at an old Microsoft
    Windows programme on the screen.
    <https://i.imgur.com/AhbT3YD.jpeg>

    Technically you dould retro-fit a Raspberry Pi or similar running
    an old version of Windows into a classic Macintosh case, but it
    would not have the 'bong' startup sound.

    2. Check the search history
    She says she will check the search history, but although you
    could connect such an old computer (Macintosh or Windows) to the
    internet, there are few normal websites that would work properly
    in its browser these days, so would be unlikely be for the victim
    to have found any useful information.

    :-\



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  • From liz@liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) to comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.vintage,comp.sys.mac.system on Sat Mar 21 12:47:58 2026
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    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    [...]
    Technically you dould retro-fit a Raspberry Pi or similar running
    an old version of Windows into a classic Macintosh case, but it
    would not have the 'bong' startup sound.

    Did you know that the Mac startup 'boing' is the same chord as the first
    note of "By the Sleepy Canal" from "Miss Hook of Holland" by Paul A.
    Reubens?
    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sun Mar 22 11:02:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2026-03-21 12:47:58 +0000, Liz Tuddenham said:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    [...]
    Technically you dould retro-fit a Raspberry Pi or similar running
    an old version of Windows into a classic Macintosh case, but it
    would not have the 'bong' startup sound.

    Did you know that the Mac startup 'boing' is the same chord as the first
    note of "By the Sleepy Canal" from "Miss Hook of Holland" by Paul A.
    Reubens?

    Different Mac models have different startup chimes (and death chimes).

    "The startup chime used in the first three Macintosh models is
    a simple square-wave "beep" generated at 600 Hz that was
    programmed in software by Andy Hertzfeld, utilizing the
    computers' onboard MOS 6522 VIA chip. All subsequent sounds
    after it are various chords."

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_startup#Startup_chime>

    The MacTracker app has information about all sorts of Apple hardware
    and software, and clicking on the icon in a Mac's information page in
    the app plays its startup chime for most models and option-clicking
    plays the death chime for some models. :-)

    The startup sounds began at Apple with the Apple II, which made a simple beep.

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