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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: X Window System boot stipple
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:45:46 -0000 (UTC)
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On 12 Jul 2024 21:38:46 GMT, Retrograde wrote:

> For the uninitiated, what are we looking at?

Wasn’t it just the 25% grey pattern copied from the Apple Macintosh from 
1984?