• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    First image I could find of the desktop and there is computer icons right there.

    If dragging one of those to wastebasket at the bottom right crashed the computer, it would fit the description of the event.

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      7 months ago

      I wonder if the first attempt was simply dragging that Mac System Software to the trash. Not “the computer icon”, but it’s possible the anecdote was/is slightly misremembered by John

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        7 months ago

        Dragging a floppy to the bin would simply eject it… 🤷 Well all right, maybe the story is from before the intro of the “Insert disk Foo”.

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        7 months ago

        Seems like a simple folley, the person I responded to said it was a floppy (it’s two layers of “mesh”?) and couldn’t remember the computer icons. Details get fuzzy, I had no idea and was curious so I just looked it up. I’ve got no horse here.