Re: [NTLK] Easter Eggs (was Time Zones Fun)

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_home.com)
Date: Sat Nov 24 2001 - 22:27:27 EST

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somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 11/24/01 3:35 PM, the entity
known as R Pickett transmitted the following from emerson_at_hayseed.net:

> On Sat, 2001-11-24 at 08:19, Mark Rollins wrote:
>> - There is an eclipse Easter egg that shows on dates where there is an
>> eclipse somewhere in the world. There was an eclipse on Oct. 24, 1995.
>> Supposedly only 10 years' worth were programmed in.
>
> Ooh, I rememer that day. Reset my MP, and instead of the normal startup
> screen, an animation of an eclipsing sun. Startled me so much I had to
> reset it again. And it didn't happen. Once per eclipse apparently.
> Made my friend reset her 130 and there it was again, IIRC.

Isn't there supposed to be a pkg that shows you this?

- Eric.

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