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

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On 2026-03-21, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

It is a Mac SE/30, introduced in 1989. I think its startup sound was a
chord, rather than the original "bing.""

>    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>

Once upon a time I inherited one of the original 1984 Macs, into which I
poured too much money in order to make it into something mostly useful
(ie: much more RAM, 800K floppy, SCSI interface).

At some point I came across an installer for MacBSD which, like UNIX
operating systems of the day, scrolled through many lines of text,
eventually arriving at a command prompt.

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

You got me there. MacBSD had no graphics capability al all.

>        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.

I wanted to put a Raspberry Pi into one of my "Classic" Mac enclosures.
Many others have done just that, but I could never find a monitor even
close to the right size. It was also way above my pay grade to rewire
the classic keyboard and mouse for USB. If I am in need for a nostalgia
trip, I think both vMac and SheepShaver still run under Tahoe on my
iMac.

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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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