SKY TRAVEL for C64 Emulator/WIndows 95
rbth...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Roger J. Long (lon...@wwics.com) wrote:
: Regarding Sky Travel itself, one of the magazines mentioned that there
: was 10 easter eggs in the program, such as a bear that would show up
: if you went to the right spot at the right time. Does anyone have the
: list of these easter eggs?
Polar Bear - Alert, Canada 82N 63W, Look North. 3000 BC - 3000 AD
Empire State Building - New York, 40 43'N 74 01'W, Look SSW. May 1937 -
May 2937
CN Tower - Toronto 43 42'N 79 18'W, Look SW Jan 1970 - Jan 2070
Gateway Arch - St. Louis 38 38'N 90 11'W, Look NNE July 1948 - July 2948
Mount Fuji - Japan 35 42'N 139 48'E, Look NE 4713 BC - 9999 AD
St. Basil Cathedral - Moscow 55 48'N 37 42'E, Look NW 1555 AD - 2001 AD
Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco 37 48'N 122 24'W, Look WNW 1937 - 2937
Penguin - Sir James Ross Antarctica 68S 56W, Look S 3000 BC - 3000 AD
Pyramid - Giza Egypt 29 45'N 31 18'E, Look N 2613 BC - 7000 AD
Eiffel Tower - Paris 48 53'N 2 18'E, Look SSE 1889 - 2889
Big Ben - London 51 30'N 0 12'E, Look SSW 1859 - 2859
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Bruce Thomas
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
NAIT - '96-'98 Network Engineering Technology
I enGEOy my C-64 & LOVE my BB Writer! C-64: an original Plug & Play system.
muti...@c031.aone.net.au
On 1998-01-01 rbth...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca() said:
>Newsgroups: alt.c64,comp.sys.cbm
what the hell is an easter egg?
a bit early aren't we?
The only thing that nettamer is good at is navigating through news
groups. Get doslynx, trumpet newsreader and pegasus mail instead.
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muti...@c031.aone.net.au felt like saying:
Think of it as a fun thing the programmers put in. You'll need to do
something special to see them.
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and it is I - I want to get out...must get out and unify
the forces...It knows where I am..."
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>
> what the hell is an easter egg?
> a bit early aren't we?
>
> The only thing that nettamer is good at is navigating through news
> groups. Get doslynx, trumpet newsreader and pegasus mail instead.
>
> Net-Tamer V 1.10.1 - Test Drive
"Easter Egg" is a hacker term for little surprises hidden in the firmware
or software.
Usually one has to input a specific set of keystrokes and/or reset the
clock/calandar.
Even the old C128 has an Easter Egg that got Fred Bowen (Commodore Engineer
Emeritus) into some hot water.
Entering a (sys call, was it?) displayed a message, "Link arms not make
them" as I recall.
Most Macs have something or other hidden inside them.
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rbth...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
muti...@c031.aone.net.au wrote:
: >: Regarding Sky Travel itself, one of the magazines mentioned that
: >there : was 10 easter eggs in the program, such as a bear that
: >would show up : if you went to the right spot at the right time.
: >Does anyone have the : list of these easter eggs?
: what the hell is an easter egg?
: a bit early aren't we?
An Easter Egg is just what it sounds like. Something hidden that can be
fun to look for and find. The use of the term in relation to items hidden
in software programs indicates the same thing. There is no relationship to
any time of year intended. If you have Sky Travel it is neat to know about
these objects and fun to look for them. I have never looked at the sky
without seeing something other than stars on the horizon. And if a Polar
Bear was wandering near me when I was star gazing I would definitely want
to know it was there!
Stanster
muti...@c031.aone.net.au wrote:
> what the hell is an easter egg?
> a bit early aren't we?
>
awwww... why you wanna say that Mutineer, and make me laugh??
hehehehe....
--Stan--
Stanster
Sean M. Pappalardo - Pegasus/RPG
> Even the old C128 has an Easter Egg that got Fred Bowen (Commodore Engineer
> Emeritus) into some hot water.
>
> Entering a (sys call, was it?) displayed a message, "Link arms not make
> them" as I recall.
The call is SYS32800,123,45,6
How did that statement get him in trouble?
You might have noticed that the message says "Herdware". :)
Rev. Jihad Frenzy
In article <Pine.OSF.3.96.980107...@bert.WPI.EDU>, "Sean
The beancounters at CBM were upset about it. They were afraid that it
would cause (GASP!) "Controversy".
One version I heard was that Fred almost got fired over it.
Fred is a Good Guy! I mentioned on QuantumLink that my CBM mouse was acting
up and I needed to replace some of the mechanical bits inside.
He sent me, gratis, a dead mouse motherboard I could salvage some parts from.
Fixed my mouse up perfectly.