Macintosh SE

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Hidden Developer Photos[edit | edit source]


To take up some of the remaining space inside of the SE ROM, the team behind the SE inserted a handful of pictures. To see the pictures, press the debug button and then enter G 41D89A. Internally, these photos are compressed with MacBits.

(Source: NYC Resistor)

Developer Signatures[edit | edit source]

At the end of the ROM, the following string can be seen:

JCSLWRLBBMABOEMTDAHJTCFJLMBKCRCLAKEHBRDCDAFSHFT

The first J should actually be the last character, like so:

CSLWRLBBMABOEMTDAHJTCFJLMBKCRCLAKEHBRDCDAFSHFTJ

These names are short for, in order:

  1. CSL – C.S. “Tony” Leung
  2. WRL – Wayne R. Loofburrow
  3. BBM – Brian B. McGhie
  4. ABO – Alan B. Oppenheimer
  5. EMT – Ed M. Tecot
  6. DAH – Dave A. Holzer
  7. JTC – Jerome T. Coonen
  8. FJL – Frank J. Leahy
  9. MBK – Marjory B. Kaptanoglu
  10. CRC – Cary R. Clark
  11. LAK – Larry A. Kenyon
  12. EHB – Ernie H. Beernink
  13. RDC – Rich D. Castro
  14. DAF – Dave A. Fung
  15. SHF – Steven H. Flowers
  16. TJ – Tom Jennings

There's also a compile date right after this list:

Thu, Nov 20, 1986

(Source: Ernie H Beernink, Al Kossow)