NeXT Disinfectant
Select "About Disinfectant."
A bitmap photo of John Norstad appears in one half of the dialog, while in the other half an animated sequence of virus names march out while the Monty Python theme song plays, until they get stomped by a huge foot.
(Contributed by Dave Claytor) NeXT systems and software and Timothy Buck
Improv (version 1.0)
In Improv (version 1.0) for NeXTstep from Lotus, go to the Info Panel, and in the space to the left of the Improv title, hold down shift, alternate, and command, and click the mouse.
A "little man" with big bug-eyes shows up....
To clear it, you quit Improv.
None Of The Above
Source: Dean Inada
Mattel Intellevision games:
Transcribed verbatim off an old photocopy, we called them "Copyright Kludges" back then.
The date style marks this compilation as the work of Chris Hawley
[Notation: hold down indicated keys during powerup.]
Kluge file for Games- Updated 8107.13
ROULETTE: left = 13 right = 123
SKIING: left = 57 right = 57
WORD FUN: press 43210 during word rockets mode
ARMOR BATTLE: left = 3 right = 9
HORSE RACING: left = 69 right = 69
BOXING: left = lower two action keys and wheel direction 7
SPACE ARMADA: left = 46 OR clear-enter
right = lower two action keys
AUTO RACE: pres 169 on any keypad to get real steering
STAR STRIKE: left = 19 OR 37
FRENCH CASSETTE: left = 19 right = 80
during introduction (menu #0); then exit to
monitor (menu #6)
DEMO CASSETTE: type "dei" (lower case) during space battle
RSTS/E system
Source: John Hawkinson
On a RSTS/E system, type:
$ HELP SPIKE
$ HELP ADVANCED SPIKE
Of course, these don't show up in the HELP topics listing...
They give info on Spike, the RSTS/E mascot (a bulldog, if I'm not mistaken).
Data General AOS/VS 32/16 bit OS
Source: Zebee Johnstone (zebee@ucs.adelaide.edu.au)
The Data General AOS/VS 16 bit OS responds to XYZZY with "nothing happens".
The new 32 bit AOS/VS II responds with "twice as much happens"
RT11 prompt
Source: Tim Shoppa
Typing "SHOW USERS" at the RT11 prompt (a single-user system) gives a response of "NOBODY BUT YOU!".
Source: Denis Fortin
Also in RT-11:
Typing HELP FOO
produced NO HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR FOO
But typing HELP ME produced NO HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU
TOPS-10
Source: Joe Newcomer and many others
under TECO, originally under TOPS-10 and subsequently ported to other
platforms (including this Easter egg):
Type the command:
MAKE LOVE
which is supposed to create a new file named LOVE using TECO. The command executes as intended, but only after responding with a message:
Not war?
Source: Barry Ferris
of course, this wasn't the only TECO egg...type in:
$ make war
to get
not love?
VMS Easter Eggs
Source: Earle Ake
$ anal/system
VAX/VMS System analyzer
SDA> show cluster/scs
VAXcluster data structures
--- SCS Listening Process Directory ---
Entry Address Connection ID Process Name Information
80308800 071D0000 SCS$DIRECTORY What city, plez?
803087A0 071D0001 MSCP$TAPE NOT PRESENT HERE
80308740 071D0002 MSCP$DISK NOT PRESENT HERE
Source: cac%sierra.com
The following exists on every VMS I have ever seen:
% mcr sysgen
SYSGEN> SHOW TIMEPROMPTWAIT
Parameter Name Current Default Min. Max. Unit Dyna
TIMEPROMPTWAIT 65535 -1 0 -1 uFortnight
Also, I no longer have access to a VMS DBMS, but I recall that typing HELP WOMBAT inside the DBMS would give about three pages of interesting
facts about Wombats, and that PLOT WOMBAT would draw a wombat on your terminal.