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Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac

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> Your Name wrote:
> 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.
> 
> :-\



This made me think of the story how they did the operating system of the Macintosh computer in Star Trek IV

The scene where Scotty and Dr. McCoy showed the man from the past how to make transparent aluminum. 


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