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Posted by: aftermac on 2007-10-17 15:48:05
Nah, one time it did this: 😉 and it made me a bit uncomfortable.
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Posted by: Dan 7.1 on 2007-10-17 15:50:50
Nah, one time it did this: 😉 and it made me a bit uncomfortable. mine typically had a can of mace since alot of the time i only turned em off to "lift their skirts" so to speak.
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2007-10-17 15:59:37
Apparently, in beta versions of Mac OS 8, the Happy Mac would wink at you, but they removed the code in the final version, as they thought it would be offensive to some cultures. However, if you look at the icns resources of either the System or the Finder (IIRC it was the System file) in ResEdit, you can still see the images, they left the images there, they simply just removed the code.
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Posted by: equill on 2007-10-17 18:46:23
Admittedly a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, when in another forum I used frequently to answer questions about or need to refer to the boot process for older Systems, Happy Mac was an important 'milestone' after the early indications of correct startup: chime, raster, pointer, Happy Mac, splash screen, desktop. Happy Mac's significance to Startup Manager's finding valid boot blocks and a valid System Folder was an important verification that is not paralleled in OS X, and a good example of the humanity in Mac software that was previously mentioned. As for Happy Mac's alter ego, even if it is graphically challenged it has its place in the firmament also.
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Posted by: iMac600 on 2007-10-17 23:07:22
I think he's actually talking about something totally un-related to computers. (and much, much nicer....on some days 😛 ) Such as.....women? 😉 Spot on. 😉
Anyway, i'm guessing in early days of the Mac the Happy Mac was to indicate everything was ok, that the disk was bootable and that the machine was operationally sound. Later on as hard disks came in, the Mac OS evolved and hardware became more complex, it seemed redundant but still a Macintosh Icon (pardon the pun). It had a good run and I fail to see why some are so emotional over a 32x32 pixel graphic no longer present (and yes, there are the few like that out there).
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2007-10-17 23:11:54
How did i know? 😉
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Posted by: SiliconValleyPirate on 2007-10-18 00:18:03
Not last time I checked....
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Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2007-10-18 03:22:25
I miss it on the newer systems, but thankfully my Q650 can bring back those good times. I just don't like that cold gray Apple logo. Kind of indicative of the way Apple is now as a company IMO.
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2007-10-18 07:51:15
Besides, I know things that are much cuter and cuddlier. 😉 /me hugs his happy mac plush toy
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Posted by: vassilizaitsev on 2007-10-18 08:31:24
vassilizaitsev: If you mean GEM, it's still being developed in the form of Shane Land's OpenGEM.
It's very interesting and vaguely Windows 3.1ish.
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/ Yeah, I got it, I run it on the dos card on my Quadra 650.
Gem for the pc isn't quite the same as Gem for the st, but it's still nice.
Windows users usually say Gem is a bit like Apple os, Apple users usually say Gem is a bit like Windows.
I say Gem is better than either and yes has certain bits from both, but it's just friendlier and more intuitive to use IMO (Atari st with Gem being my first GUI!)
But PS: go to the news section at Shaneland, 16/09/2005 was the last update hmphhhh.
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Posted by: slomacuser on 2007-10-18 12:05:56
yeah, and you know why? It was developed on Apple Lisa [😀] ]'>
http://www.homecomputer.de/pages/f_info.html?Apple_Lisa2_5_Atari.html
click on the picture to see atari logo on lisa
and here is Gary Kildall (Digital Research - GEM) working on apple lisa
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/images/t_kildall.jpg
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Posted by: equant on 2007-10-21 07:54:08
I miss McDonalds fried apple pies.
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Posted by: MultiFinder on 2007-10-21 13:44:11
But yeah...Macster, i have to admit...the Vista boot screen does look a bit off...maybe its just me, but to me, the whole lack of a boot logo looks a bit beta-ish to me. The whole OS still seems kinda beta-ish to me actually 😛 It's got alot of potential, it just needs some more work. It should be great by SP2 or so :🙂
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Posted by: coius on 2007-10-21 13:49:49
Nope! can't say that I do 😛
I don't care if something like that goes away. I still like using it. Even if the little things are gone from the earlier days, it's fine with me, because I don't like the classic OS anyways. OS X FTW!!!
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Posted by: FerazelX on 2007-10-23 21:55:09
Nope, I still see it all the time in BasiliskII and SheepShaver!
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