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From: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: ROM easter eggs in IIcx/IIci/IIfx?
Message-ID: <1990Sep25.104746.10237@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 25 Sep 90 10:47:46 GMT
Reply-To: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA)
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 I've heard an interesting rumor recently, which so far I haven't been
able to substantiate. Maybe someone else can debunk it, or...

 The gist is this: supposedly if you have the 512K ROM (IIci/IIfx),
and possibly even in the IIcx's ROM, there's some sort of hidden
slideshow/animation that can be invoked by setting the clock back
to the machine's date of introduction, then rebooting while holding
down all the modifier keys. I know about the digitized b&w slideshow
in the Mac SE ROMs, so this rumor would seem to have some credibility,
although the intro date would be a pretty shaky thing to depend on
for code that lived in ROM.

 Unfortunately, I can't remember the exact intro dates for the IIcx
or the IIci, and I don't have an fx handy. :(  This would be a sort of
Nifty Party Trick if it were true. Call me curious, or not. If you
know anything about this, please share it.

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