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Hackintosh N. 1. An Apple Lisa That Has Been Hacked Into Emulating A Macintosh (also Called A `Mac XL').
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Hackintosh n.
1. An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into
emulating a Macintosh (also called a `Mac XL'). 2. A Macintosh
assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in
the line.
Related:
Hackintosh: n. 1. An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a `Mac XL').
2. A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line....
alt /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or clone keyboard
ee bucky bits, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit)....
Macintrash /mak'in-trash`/ n. The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn't appreciate being kept away from the real computer by the interface.
The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina....
Macintrash: /mak'in-trash`/ n. The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn't appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface.
The term {maggotbox} has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina....
alt: /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or {clone} keyboard
ee {bucky bits}, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit)....
Moof: /moof/ [MAC users] 1. n. A semi-legendary creature, also called the `dogcow', that lurks in the depths of the Macintosh Technical Notes Hypercard stack V3.
1; specifically, the full story of the dogcow is told in technical note #31 (the particular Moof illustrated is properly named `Clarus')....
Moof /moof/ [Macintosh users] 1. n. The call of a semi-legendary creature, properly called the dogcow.
(Some previous versions of this entry claimed, incorrectly, that Moof was the name of the creature....
feature key n. [common] The Macintosh key with the cloverleaf graphic on its keytop
ometimes referred to as `flower', `pretzel', `clover', `propeller', `beanie' (an apparent reference to the major feature of a propeller beanie), splat, `open-apple' or (officially, in Mac documentation) the `command key'....
LUKE: Obi-Wan! You told me that the Macintosh was a dead platform.
BEN: Macintosh was seduced by the dark side. It ceased to truly be Apple and became an aspect of Microsoft....