I removed this text (bold):
This feature is present in all versions, but under Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 (and most recently Vista) the pixel is only visible if the standard Explorer desktop is not running (not true with XP - definately works on a plain black background).
Perhaps anyone can check if this cheat in minesweeper works in the newer versions of Windows?
I'm 100% sure that this worked on my old Compaq 366 with Windows 98 while running the standard Explorer desktop. I wasn't allowed to change things like that on our machine back then, and I remember using this cheat quite frequently. Maybe there were some different versions that had different requirements (OEM vs. Retail, a vs. b, or Upgrade vs. Install)? x82hammer28x 22:27, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
I think it would be appropriate to add this topic as a "see also" link. 85.227.226.235 ( talk) 23:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Prod tag had been added for invalid reasons ("nn") even though article is well-sourced. This is just the latest in a string of invalid deletion nominations from editor SuperSuperBoi. - Dravecky ( talk) 04:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Unless a source has considered it notable enough to write about, WP:GAMEGUIDE discourages how-to instructions for video games. As I see it, this only leaves us with Zork and the "several OSes". We could maybe mention that it's occasionally used as a cheat code as well, but we shouldn't bother detailing examples. -- McGeddon ( talk) 17:42, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
I've only ever seen the word as "XYZZY" in the context of "Magic word XYZZY" and "MAGIC WORD XYZZY". Is there any reason the article is in lowercase? 69.29.71.112 ( talk) 21:54, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, did you reverted my removal of contetn because of that sentence? The low-traffic Usenet newsgroup alt.xyzzy is used for test messages, to which other readers (if there are any) customarily respond, "Nothing happens" as a note that the test message was successfully received. If not, then please explain me where the hell are the references! mabdul 23:11, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
The HP 9836A computer had HPL 2.0 installed from the start and in order to use anything you needed to load the program from the disk drive, tape drive, or whatever else you had connected to the machine. The computer also was a base for the HPIB and you could control many devices through the bus. The computer was intended to be only a driving point of the test equipment creating automated testing of circuits in the telecommunications sector in the times before completely automated testing. The manual didn't have the xyzzy command in it nor did it appear in any official documents but when I did a scan of all memory from 0000 to ffff i came back with the list of commands and one of them in the middle was "xyzzy". I rushed to try it out and got the no cave response. Oddly enough the same memory dump had "Help, I'm being held captive in a computer software factory." Robert Dell ( talk) 15:00, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
I'm almost certain the key sequence for the Minesweeper cheat mode was xyzzy followed by Enter then Shift, not the other way around as stated in the article. A web search doesn't confirm either way, as both sequences seem to be commonly cited, but I'm pretty sure Enter followed by Shift was what I always used, and it always worked. 86.131.182.201 ( talk) 22:19, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't the part at the beginning read "from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, where it is "a magic word".[1]" instead of "the magic word?" There are more than one magic word.
I'm uncomfortable with the assertion that xyzzy provides access to U-Boot on (some) Sun computers, since it's not documented as supporting SPARC. Clarification would be appreciated. 20:32, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
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I removed this text (bold):
This feature is present in all versions, but under Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 (and most recently Vista) the pixel is only visible if the standard Explorer desktop is not running (not true with XP - definately works on a plain black background).
Perhaps anyone can check if this cheat in minesweeper works in the newer versions of Windows?
I'm 100% sure that this worked on my old Compaq 366 with Windows 98 while running the standard Explorer desktop. I wasn't allowed to change things like that on our machine back then, and I remember using this cheat quite frequently. Maybe there were some different versions that had different requirements (OEM vs. Retail, a vs. b, or Upgrade vs. Install)? x82hammer28x 22:27, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
I think it would be appropriate to add this topic as a "see also" link. 85.227.226.235 ( talk) 23:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Prod tag had been added for invalid reasons ("nn") even though article is well-sourced. This is just the latest in a string of invalid deletion nominations from editor SuperSuperBoi. - Dravecky ( talk) 04:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Unless a source has considered it notable enough to write about, WP:GAMEGUIDE discourages how-to instructions for video games. As I see it, this only leaves us with Zork and the "several OSes". We could maybe mention that it's occasionally used as a cheat code as well, but we shouldn't bother detailing examples. -- McGeddon ( talk) 17:42, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
I've only ever seen the word as "XYZZY" in the context of "Magic word XYZZY" and "MAGIC WORD XYZZY". Is there any reason the article is in lowercase? 69.29.71.112 ( talk) 21:54, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, did you reverted my removal of contetn because of that sentence? The low-traffic Usenet newsgroup alt.xyzzy is used for test messages, to which other readers (if there are any) customarily respond, "Nothing happens" as a note that the test message was successfully received. If not, then please explain me where the hell are the references! mabdul 23:11, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
The HP 9836A computer had HPL 2.0 installed from the start and in order to use anything you needed to load the program from the disk drive, tape drive, or whatever else you had connected to the machine. The computer also was a base for the HPIB and you could control many devices through the bus. The computer was intended to be only a driving point of the test equipment creating automated testing of circuits in the telecommunications sector in the times before completely automated testing. The manual didn't have the xyzzy command in it nor did it appear in any official documents but when I did a scan of all memory from 0000 to ffff i came back with the list of commands and one of them in the middle was "xyzzy". I rushed to try it out and got the no cave response. Oddly enough the same memory dump had "Help, I'm being held captive in a computer software factory." Robert Dell ( talk) 15:00, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
I'm almost certain the key sequence for the Minesweeper cheat mode was xyzzy followed by Enter then Shift, not the other way around as stated in the article. A web search doesn't confirm either way, as both sequences seem to be commonly cited, but I'm pretty sure Enter followed by Shift was what I always used, and it always worked. 86.131.182.201 ( talk) 22:19, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't the part at the beginning read "from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, where it is "a magic word".[1]" instead of "the magic word?" There are more than one magic word.
I'm uncomfortable with the assertion that xyzzy provides access to U-Boot on (some) Sun computers, since it's not documented as supporting SPARC. Clarification would be appreciated. 20:32, 23 April 2022 (UTC)