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===Sad Mac===
[[Image:Sad mac.png|left|thumb|150px|One version of the Sad Mac icon, this one indicating that an illegal instruction occurred.]]
A '''Sad Mac''' is an [[icon (computing)|iconic]] symbol used by older-generation [[Macintosh|Apple Macintosh]] computers (hardware using the [[Old World ROM]]), starting with the original 128K Macintosh,<ref name="support"> {{cite web| title = Macintosh: "Sad Macintosh" Error Code Meaning | publisher = Apple| date = 2003-11-30| url = http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=7748| accessdate = 2008-08-24}}</ref> to indicate a severe hardware or software problem that prevented startup from occurring successfully. The Sad Mac icon was displayed, along with a set of [[hexadecimal]] codes that indicated the type of problem at startup. This was used in place of the normal [[Happy Mac]] icon, which indicated that the startup-time hardware tests were successful. In earlier models, a tune ([[Chimes of Death]]) was played, and later models featured a digitized sound of a car crash, the sound of glass breaking, or the sounds of doom and
In the MC68000-based machines (those models earlier than the [[Macintosh II]] as well as the original [[Macintosh Classic]]), all it did was crash silently and display the Sad Mac, without playing any music.
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