From: Lord Groundhog (LordGroundhog_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 04 2005 - 05:53:29 PDT
So why did my 2100 not give me this delightful bit of entertainment on the
day? I'm one of the many astronomy-buffs here in southern England who had
looked forward to seeing the 55%-or-so annular, only to find ourselves unde=
r
a cloud-cover that lasted the whole &=A3@@!/ morning. A grey-scale animation
at least would have been amusing.
Shalom.=20
Christian=20
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~~~ On 2005/10/04 01:34, Victor Rehorst at victor_at_newtontalk.net wrote ~~~
>=20
> And for those of you who don't know: in the NOS 2.0 ROM, the programmers
> added an easter egg: on the day of every solar eclipse around the world
> up to... 2010, the first time you turn your Newton on that day you will
> be treated to an animation of a solar eclipse on the splash screen.
>=20
> -Victor
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