AmigaOS Easter Eggs
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AmigaOS Easter Eggs
Easter eggs have grown into big business. Every version of Windows<br>usually contains at least three hidden messages that can be<br>accessed using certain key presses or mouse actions. Easter Eggs<br>are usually intended as a joke or, in many cases to communicate the<br>programmer's feelings at the time. The first documented case<br>involves an Atari programmer who placed his name into a hidden<br>section of the game.<br>The phenomena found its way into several Commodore machines. If<br>you type SYS 32800,123,45,6 on a C128 you get a hidden message. It quickly spread to the Amiga,<br>providing a glimpse at the authors feelings at the time
Workbench 1.2/1.3
CDTV
Workbench 2.04
Workbench 3.0
Workbench 3.1
AmigaOS 3.5
Hidden Menus
Workbench 1.2<br>Messages
First hold down both Alts and both Shifts and press one of the<br>following F keys.
F1: System Software: Carl, Neil & Kodiak
F2: Graphics Software: Dale, Bart, Jim & =RJ=
F3: QA: Jon, Bruce, Stan, Kim & Jerry F4: LG Support:<br>Caryn, Dave, Victor, Terry, Cheryl & Nancy
F5: CBM software: Andy, Barry, Dave & Eric
F6: Pics: Sheryl & Jack
F7: Docs: Rick, Mitch, Peggy & Rob
F8: Chips: Jay, Akio, Glenn, Edwin, Mark & Dave
F9: HW: Dave, Bill, ChrisR & Josh
F10: Moral Support: Joe Pillow & The Dancing Fools
Now press both Alts, both shifts, press F1 and eject DF0: all at<br>once and you'll see:<br>The Amiga, Born a<br>Champion
Whilst holding this click the left mouse button on the screen to<br>back gadget and re-insert the disk.<br>If you have WB 1.2 you'll see:
We made Amiga, They fucked it<br>up
Commodore never commented on these messages but subtly changed it<br>to the following in Workbench 1.3:<br>Still a Champion
Remember, you need Kickstart 1.2 to see use the key-sequences, but<br>they are in the 1.3 Kickstart ROM.<br>It is also alleged to include these messages although these have<br>not been tested:
The Amiga Wizards bring this power to<br>you.
Brought to you by not a mere Wizard, but the Wizard<br>Extraordinaire: Dale Luck
A second Easter egg has also been found in the WB1.x preferences.<br>Thanks to Raymond Chen for finding this.
Go into the mouse preference screen, on the first screen, there<br>are pictures of two mice, one to set the double-click speed and one<br>to set the mouse speed. Click on each of the buttons on the mice 5<br>time in the following order.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Now select "Change printer" and scroll all the way up the list<br>of possible printers, and then all the way down. Then the title bar<br>of the preferences window changes to something like:
Congratulations<br>=RJ=
The myth surrounding this is that RJ Michel became a father whilst<br>the OS was in development.<br>The next message also uses the mouse image gadgets. Click on the<br>mouse buttons in the following order:
3 2 4 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 4 2 4 3 2 2
Now select "Change printer", then select OK, then select "Reset<br>Colors".
Read the message in the title bar.
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CDTV Easter Eggs
Graphic provided by Ross after several<br>attempts
The CDTV Easter egg can be accessed by:
Change to the Preference screen and select American in the<br>Language menu.
Press the left arrow button on the remote control.
Using the controller, make the sentence 'Commodore CDTV Remote<br>Controller' (CDTV.org<br>indicates this is entered by pressing LRLLRLRLLLLLLLLLRLLLRLLLRLLL<br>on the controller).
Magic! A scrollable list will appear with Commodore names
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Workbench 2.04<br>Messages<br>By the release of the second version of the operating system the<br>hidden messages had been toned down considerably to mention the<br>producers. These can be accessed by using the MCP utility and<br>clicking on the More button.
Clue: Control the alternate menus to shift<br>into an enlightened state
We made it...
OS Group: Bryce, Michael, Peter, Darren, Randell
GFX: Allan, Bart, Spence, Steve, Chris, Ray
SP: Eric, Martin H., Bill, Martin T., Brian, Kevin
Other: Andy, Dale, Jimm, Kodiak, Ned, Porter, Carolyn, David, CATS,<br>QA
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Workbench 3.0<br>Messages
Clue 1 : Control is given to those who are<br>shifted four from the start and do not give up on the alternate<br>course.
Clue 2 : When it is about time to learn the<br>secrets of the master, one must also qualify for the<br>enlightenment.
We made it...
OS Group: M.Sinz, P.Cherna, D.Greenwald, R.Jesup
GFX: S.Shanson, C.Green, B.Whitebook, A.Havemose
SP: E.Cotton, M.Taillefer, D.Junod, P.Pawlik, K.Kuwata
Net: B.Jackson, G.Miller, K.Dyke
Others: Bryce, Jimm, Duck, Kodiak, Porter, Lauren
Others: Andy, Carolyn, Steve, Ned, CATS, SA
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Workbench 3.1<br>Messages
AmigaOS 3.1 contained a slightly altered version of the OS3.0<br>Easter egg to reflect those who had most input into the<br>production.
We made it...
OS Group: M.Sinz,, D.Greenwald, R.Jesup, J. Horanoff
GFX: S.Shanson, C.Green, J. Barkley
GUI: P. Cherna, M. Taillefer, D. Junod, K. Kuwata
NET: B.Jackson,...