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FreeDOS spotted on TV! (Miscellaneous)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 13.01.2023, 22:50

Earlier today I watched an episode of Young Sheldon, the The Big Bang Theory spinoff, on TV.

In this episode called Pasadena (S03E16) at around 05:20 Sheldon boots his Tandy 1000 SL computer to the DOS prompt. Besides "Microsoft(R) MS-DOS(R) Version N.NN" one can also read:

CuteMouse vN.N alpha N [FreeDOS]
Installed at COMn (0000h/IRQn) in Microsoft mode



I rewatched this part of the episode on Amazon Prime trying to get the numbers correctly (Is it version "2.0 alpha 4"?) and provide a better screenshot here, but unfortunately the streaming quality was too bad. Maybe someone could try on Apple TV?

As the CuteMouse project started first in 1997, but Young Sheldon takes places from 1989 to the early 1990s this is a goof.

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Complete thread:

• FreeDOS spotted on TV! - rr, 13.01.2023, 22:50 (Miscellaneous)
  • FreeDOS spotted on TV! - Richard, 14.01.2023, 07:50
  • FreeDOS spotted on TV! - usotsuki, 23.01.2023, 09:06
  • FreeDOS spotted on TV! - rosegondon, 29.01.2023, 17:59
  • FreeDOS spotted on TV! - jhall, 30.01.2023, 14:27