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March 25, 2022 12:45 am
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/03/24/2325245/windows-10-easter-egg-managed-to-stay-hidden-for-nearly-37-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_me
Windows 1.0 Easter Egg Managed To Stay Hidden For Nearly 37 Years
Lucas Brooks, an avid Windows fan who digs through and analyzes its early iterations, recently shared his discovery of an easter egg that's been hiding in Windows 1.0 for nearly 37 years. PC Gamer reports: Brooks discovered the secret, a credits list of Windows developers and a "congratulations" message, buried in the data of a smiley face bitmap file that came with the OS. The data for the credits was encrypted, and according to Brooks, the tools he needed to extract the data didn't even exist at the time of the OS' release. There's also a name in the credits all PC gamers will recognize: Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. Newell began his career at Microsoft after dropping out of Harvard, and contributed to the development of the first three iterations of Windows. He also led the team that ported Doom to Windows from DOS, a crucial step in the transition between the operating systems.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/03/24/2325245/windows-10-easter-egg-managed-to-stay-hidden-for-nearly-37-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_me
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