Dogcow Lives!

My mom has a new dog this year.  Her name is Abbi and she is a Havanese.  But truly she is the reincarnation of the Dogcow.

If you are not up on your Apple pre-OS9 Finder trivia, the Dogcow is the animal found in the Page Setup dialog.  She says "Moof!"  It's even trademarked.

Throughout the last couple of decades as OS X came to be, the Dogcow has dropped away as another icon that didn't make the cut from b/w pixels to 32-bit color.  Sidelined to be only seen in nostalgia blogs and at swap meets, where the old timers tell of a time long ago when displays were bulky and 8-bit color all the rage.  But now, she has returned.

In the form of my mom's dog, Clarus the Dogcow has returned to the material world to do something.  Presently with me, she just plays & runs.  I am waiting for a message, enlightenment if you will, on why has she chosen this Macintosh family & the reason to appear this year.  Is it to reward my parents for their nearly 25 years of Mac loyalty?  Or that they are just a happy home for animals?

I don't have an answer yet.  She may be in hiding or waiting to test me on my knowledge of OS 1 through 9.  Prove that I am worthy to learn about something that threatens all Mac users big and small.  

Or she is just a dog that likes to lick my nose.  And ears.  And anything else she can get ahold of.  The Dogcow is real.  Even if she'd rather chew on bones than lead Mac users into a new age.

-Mike M.