The Jukebox page has a few more buttons on offer. Option-Apple keys show that the Lotus sign, the eye, the phonograph panel, the speaker and the dog are all active panels - but just provide diversion.
By the way, digging in to the Hypercard scripts shows that the dog's name is Geordie. This may reveal that Roger Allen's folks came from around Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the old country. 'Geordies' come from a surprisingly small area - it compares to the tiny 'Scouse' area around Liverpool, whose accent and slang have colored the culture out of all proportion to their number. 'Geordies' are named from when Newcastle stood out from the rest of the Northeast's support of Bonny Prince Charlie, while 'Geordies' supported Georges I and II.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2woc46LXkw
The link goes to a training class for speaking Geordie. There is a show in Britain called 'Geordie Shore' - which may give an insight to how the rest of Britain views the Geordie mien.
You may think that since I have succumbed to temptation and used various methods to crack into the WoW that I have full knowledge of the whole game. Unfortunately ... Roger has some tricks up his sleeve - including a band in the game that seems to be encrypted. Probably why every WoW Hypercard script segment ends with a cheery "That's all Folks!"
The '666' family of buttons mostly dumps you right out of the game after showing a demon with horns in front of the jukebox. A few buttons - B, H, N, T - present sayings and bring you back into the game. BHNT forms a diagonal on the buttons, so this may only be a symmetric touch, not a cipher pattern.
The B selection has a different ominous graphic:
I don't recognize this woman. What is that at the bottom of the picture? This graphic does not come up in the Google Image search (a marvelous new resource for investigating the game!)
The 'Infinity' button follows a different pattern. Every selection asks you a question:
A-W: What is the answer to the Ultimate question?
- the hint here is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
X: What is the sound of one hand clapping?
- the hint here is 'D. T. Suzuki, author of What is Zen'
Y: Do you know the password?
- the hint here is 'Umberto Eco'
Note that you are now confronted with a quirk of Roger Allen's gaming attitude - you need the exact, formal answer to pass the test. For example, the answer to the Ultimate question is 'forty-two' - exactly as it appears in Hitchhiker's Guide. 'forty two' or '42' doesn't cut it. This is a BIG obstacle later in the game.
What is Zen is a VERY scarce book, collecting three essays from Suzuki. Perhaps I should have been more diligent searching for it thirty years ago. Other works by Suzuki are very common, and they include collections with the essay entitled, "What is Zen?" Which I do have.
Successful answers to any of these questions leads to the response query box:
Click Gate, then ZBS, then Infinity - where 'Gate' is the query box selection button.
You have now found your way into the next part of the game.
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