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Φφ ≤τΦ≥ ΣπΦ≤Φεφ: │ ß√ ΘεΣ ∞ε±±Φ≥
│
│
÷Φφπε÷≥ ¥.Ü & ¥.¢ │ Collected from various
│ sources; the names in each entry
∩±εΓε∞∞ ∩δ⌠≥ σε± ÷Φφπε÷≥ │ show where I got the info, which
│ may or may not be where the egg
∞ΦφΣ≥÷ΣΣ∩Σ± µα∞Σ │ was first discovered. As usual,
│ should you be killed or captured
Σ≈ΓΣδ ₧.Ü σε± ≤τΣ ∩Γ │ ... oops, wrong tape. No
│ warranties, express or implied;
÷Φφπε÷≥ ≥εδΦ≤αΦ±Σ µα∞Σ │ your milage may vary, and there
│ may be weather tomorrow.
∩Γ ∩αµΣ∞αΩΣ± ƒ.Ü │
│
Γε±Σδ π±α÷! ⌡¥.Ü & ⌡₧.Ü │ ∩±επ⌠Γ≤: Windows 3.0
│
ε≥/£ │ Source: unknown
│ Press and hold F3
αφπ εφΣ σε± ≤τΣ ∞αΓΦφ≤ε≥τ │ Type the four characters WIN3
Release F3 │ waving.
Hit the backspace key │ 6. Repeat steps 2-4 again to see
The display can be cleared by │ the credits. (Is that a picture
pressing the left mouse button. │ of Bill Gates there?!)
│ (Note: my tests indicate that
∩±επ⌠Γ≤: Windows 3.1 │ if you try this a third time
│ you'll get nothing; try it a
Source: Tom Tanida │ fourth time and you're back at
1. Hold down Cntl and Shift │ the waving flag. jcm)
simultaneously (keep holding them │ The display terminates
down for all of the following │ immediately when the OK button is
steps). │ pressed (step 4).
2. Select Program Manager's Help │
menu option, and select "About │ Some followup to the Windows 3.1
Program Manager". │ egg, from contributions by:
3. When the box pops up, double │
click inside one of the four │ Mark Scase, Jill Patterson,
panes in the Windows 3.1 logo. │ JT Anderson and Andrew Turner.
4. Click OK. │ You don't have to be in
5. Repeat steps 2-4 to see a flag │ Program Manager to do this. It
seems to work in any "About" box │ introducing bugs into test code
of an application provided with │ (as in Smokey the Bear, who
Windows 3.1 (eg file manager, │ crushes your butts). The concept
write, paintbrush, clock etc). │ of the Bear is so much a part of
The character appearing in the │ debugging at Microsoft that
graphic with the name scroll │ certain, undcoumented functions
changes each time you see it; │ used for testing Windows
there are four distinct figures: │ components such as USER.EXE are
│ named things like Bear351."
a bald man (Steve Ballmer) │
a man with a beard and dark hair │ α∩∩δΦΓα≤Φεφ: Procomm Plus for
(Brad Silverberg), │ Windows
a man with glasses and fair hair │
(Bill Gates), and │ Source: Joseph Malloy
a Teddy bear...apparently the │ 1) From the Window menu, select
logo of bugs@microsoft │ Monitor
│ 2) Keep the focus on the monitor
The Bear is a Microsoft │ (i.e., make sure monitor is
euphemism for someone who comes │ active, not the Procomm Plus
along and bonks programmers for │ terminal window)
3) type GO DATASTORM! (case │ is over a safe square.
doesn't appear to matter, but the │
exclamation mark is necessary; │ ∩±επ⌠Γ≤: Excel 4.0 for the PC
you'll probably hear beeps as the │
system tells you this is an │ Source: Phil Wherry
error) │ Go to the tool bar and right
4) Choose Help/About/Credits: │ click.
instead of the usual list of │ Choose customize
names, you should see a nice │ Now choose custom in the dialog
color picture of, I assume, the │ Drag the solitaire icon off to
primary developers. │ the excel desktop somewhere
│ close the dialog box
α∩∩δΦΓα≤Φεφ: Minesweeper game │ Now, with the control and shift
│ down click the solitaire icon
Source: Jay Rosenbaum │ Keep the keys down to see
Just start Minesweeper normally. │ names...
When it has loaded, type "xyzzy │
<ENTER> <SHIFT-ENTER>". The upper │ [A slightly different Easter Egg
left hand pixel on your screen │ is reported in the following
will light up whenever your mouse │ entry]
│ the Solitaire icon.
Reported by: Will Leland, citing │
the LA Times 11/22/92 │ α∩∩δΦΓα≤Φεφ: Solitaire game
Submitted by: The Cybard= │ distributed with Windows
Excel 4.0: Blue and pink logo │
moves across screen leaving bugs │ Source: Joe Robison
and debris. │ If you're playing "Draw Three"
Archrival logo swoops down, │ you can hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift
ejects competitor, and says "No │ and click on the deck to draw
Problemo." │ single cards (just don't hit the
How: Call up a blank worksheet │ Del key!)
with a Standard Tool Bar on top. │
Use the right hand button on the │ α∩∩δΦΓα≤Φεφ: PageMaker 5.0
mouse and click. From the │
Customize option, select Custom, │ From: Michael Regoli
drag the Solitaire icon to an │ In PC PageMaker 5.0, holding
empty spot on the Tool Bar. │ the Shift-Control keys, left
Under Assign to Tool, click OK, │ click on Help, left click on
click Close, then hold the Ctrl │ "About..." will reveal a
Alt Shift keys while clicking on │ dedication screen. I've not found
any other screens that list │ testers.
authors, etc... │ [My tests show that the *left*
│ button lights the burner. Also,
α∩∩δΦΓα≤Φεφ: Corel Draw! V3.0 │ if you release the burner button
│ (whichever one it is) the balloon
Source: jdmathew │ will slow its ascent and begin to
Hold down CTRL-SHIFT and │ sink...just like a real balloon.
select "help" and then "about", │ jcm]
while still holding down CTRL- │
SHIFT, double click on the │ α∩∩δΦΓα≤Φεφ: Corel Draw! V4.0
balloon on the left side of the │
help box. The box expands, and │ CorelDraw version 4 has an
the text dissapears, and the │ "easter egg" in it similar to the
balloon moves to the bottom of │ one in version 3. See it by
the box. Hold down the right │ opening the "About" dialog box
mouse button to light the burner │ (Help - About CorelDraw), and
on the balloon. If you hold the │ double click on the balloon icon
mouse button down, you'll see the │ in the upper left corner. The
balloon move up, pulling a text │ dialog grows larger, showing a
banner listing authors and beta │ Corel balloon with a waving
Canadian flag (!). As before, │ flamingo (and other nifty things)
press and hold the left mouse │ plus a list of the program
button to activate the burner on │ authors. Press any other key
the balloon, causing it to rise, │ returns you to your regularly
pulling up a credits screen. The │ scheduled Workplace Shell.
nifty part comes when you click │
the right mouse button. A │ A followup posting from Mike
parachuting Elvis drops from the │ Levis says:
top of the dialog. Someone at │ According to the FAQL, you
Corel has evidently seen the │ also need to have the optional
movie, Honeymoon in Vegas. │ bitmaps installed as well. I
│ think selecting the optional
∩±επ⌠Γ≤: OS/2 │ bitmaps unpacks two files called
│ "AAAAA.EXE" and "AAAAA.MET" to
Source: Janos Haide also │ the \OS2\BITMAP dir.
Panagiotis Skagos │
Make the desktop active (i.e., │ Source: Cjin Lee
click on the desktop). Press alt- │ Click on the desktop with
shift-ctrl-o simultaneously. You │ right mouse button. Select
get a beach scene with a pink │ Setting->Lockup. Go to Page 2/3
for Lockup settings. Select │ One Macintosh SE/30
(none) for the bmp to display for │ System 7.0 or 7.0.1
lockup. Now get out of the │ Kerry Clendinning's "Easy Keys
settings mode and try lockup. │ 1.5" Control Panel
When "none" means something...... │ QUED/M 2.09 (The text editor from
│ Paragon; little brother of NISUS)
│
∩±επ⌠Γ≤: Macintosh │ Assign some key combinations
│ in Easy Keys Control Panel.
And now, for something │ Launch QUED/M, and press the key
completely different! Masatsugu │ combination. Then, an "address
Nagata has reported a really │ error" bomb alert comes up, but
nifty trick to me that I don't │ you can click on "Continue" to
have the resources to confirm, │ keep going -- go ahead and click
but I'd be muchly appreciative │ "Continue". Everything is normal
of any hacker with time on his │ again until you quit QUED/M, at
hands who'd like to pin this one │ which time the screen blanks to
down. │ all white except for the figure
│ of a Mac and a "Mac SE/30
The ingredients: │ Engineering Hall of Fame" list.
The only way out is to press the │ whatever I feel like on any given
reset button. Perhaps the address │ morning ñ
error hit the address for the │
"Hall of Fame" accidentally. │
Hence my request: can anyone │
pinpoint what this address is to │
run the credits? │
│
│
Contributions of additional │
Easter Eggs gleefully accepted │
and will be posted on a totally │
random basis. If the submitter │
prefers to remain anonymous, │
contributions will be merged │
without the associated name. │
(Translation: vendor staff │
submissions are solicited...) │
Entries may be edited for │
clarity, consistency, and │