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Re: TOS 1.4 Easter Eggs

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From: Jwahar R. Bammi
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1989 21:47
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In article <2600002@hprnd.HP.COM>, swhitney@hprnd (Steve Whitney) writes:
>520ST boot ROMs will like this one...
	Yeah, it has been popularly called the "rainbow tos" for this reason

>Has anyone found any other "easter eggs" in TOS 1.4?
>
yeah, dump the rom image into a file and run 

	strings - -8 <image>

it'll read like a national enquirer front page about programmers at atari :-)
bang:   {any internet host}!dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu!bammi	jwahar r. bammi
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Subject: Re: TOS 1.4 Easter Eggs
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