Hello again.
It's been far too long since I played the original version, so it could be that my memory is failing me. But I don't remember UFO navigation tables (NOT wall-mounted nav computers - see screenshot below for reference) exploding in the original:
I certainly
do remember them exploding in alien bases, but those are special since they constitute the "alien base control" objective necessary to destroy the base itself. But I don't recall these tables exhibiting explosive behavior in alien ships; however, this is exactly the case for OpenXcom/OXCE.
I wonder if anyone around here still has the DOS/CE version installed, along with some old save files... in this case I will greatly appreciate if someone could help me confirm or deny my suspicions.