[HN Gopher] Customizing the startup chime on a 1999 G3 iMac
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Customizing the startup chime on a 1999 G3 iMac
Author : zdw
Score : 41 points
Date : 2023-03-05 01:37 UTC (2 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.downtowndougbrown.com)
| netsharc wrote:
| I remember running into a FileMaker database file which contained
| a list of all Mac hardware, including playable embedded AIFF
| files of what their startup chimes sounded like.
|
| I feel like a librarian in the Library of Babel talking about the
| pre-prehistoric Internet.
|
| Then again, maybe it was an old version the MacTracker app:
| https://mactracker.ca
| mechanicalpulse wrote:
| This reminds me of using a hex editor on the version of
| explorer.exe that shipped with Windows 95 to change the infamous
| "Start" menu text to something else. I think the only requirement
| was that its replacement also needed to be five characters.
| That's nowhere near as convoluted as changing the startup chime,
| but amusing nonetheless.
|
| Thanks for the memory.
| tambourine_man wrote:
| ResEdit was a good friend for Mac users as well
| kitsunesoba wrote:
| Thanks to ResEdit my OS 8/9 setups and several of the apps on
| them were heavily modded. One of the most extensively changed
| was a copy of Netscape Communicator 4.x that had just about
| every icon and instance of branding text swapped out for
| something custom.
|
| Did those mods serve any practical purpose? Not really, but
| it was fun.
| dylan604 wrote:
| ResEdit was one of those tools that if a Mac didn't have it,
| that Mac was broken to me.
| isaacdl wrote:
| Oh yeah, I did that too! I also spent a ton of time
| adding/making custom boot screens for various versions of
| Windows (up through XP, at least). Was a lot more interesting
| than it would be today because those boot splash screens were
| often up for several minutes (!) while the OS started.
| mikepurvis wrote:
| Oh man, I definitely remember doing that with Windows 95 and
| 98-- there was one that had the caption "this is Windows on
| drugs" with the palette rotation used to animate a bunch of
| psychedelic paisley.
| poglet wrote:
| As a kid I used to change the "It is now safe to turn off your
| computer" message. From memory it was just an image file so you
| could put all sorts of funny messages there.
| bitwize wrote:
| I used to patch command.com to display a different
| initialization message.
|
| I thought I was l33t.
| camhenlin wrote:
| I had an NT4 workstation, a hex editor, and no internet
| connection at my first job. I spent a lot of time modifying the
| text in explorer.exe, calc.exe, and other apps. It was a lot of
| fun and definitely helped me understand the tip of the iceberg
| regarding how hex editors work.
| incanus77 wrote:
| Add to "places I did not expect to read about Forth" list.
| butz wrote:
| Warning! First sound is VERY loud. This should be noted in bold
| or huge red letters, as some blockheads like me like to click on
| audio first, before reading.
| dougg3 wrote:
| Sorry about that! I was definitely aware of the volume and
| tried to warn, but it wasn't obvious enough. I bolded the text
| to make it more obvious.
| urbandw311er wrote:
| The unashamed scream of delight and joy from the guy on the video
| whose startup sound has been patched. Just so relatable! That's
| why we do this folks. So satisfying.
| metadat wrote:
| Also discussed 2 days ago:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35026257 (12 comments)
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