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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.vintage, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac |
| Date | 2026-03-21 18:35 +1300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <10plamh$271ue$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
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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"Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-21 18:35 +1300
Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2026-03-21 09:42 +0000
Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-21 12:47 +0000
Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-22 11:02 +1300
Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-22 21:23 +0000
Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-23 11:04 +1300
Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2026-03-22 20:50 +0000
Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2026-03-22 21:25 +0000
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