[NTLK] [ANN] Y2010 + Y2008 fix for 2x00US Newtons

[Woody Smith]

Thank you

Finally got it installed on my 2100.
so far it is fantastic.

Woody


On Jul 16, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Eckhart Koeppen wrote:

> No duct tape of bumper case required here: Paul Guyot has come up  
> with a way to prevent the reset to January 1st, 2008 with patch  
> 71J059 after rebooting or power loss. I merged his changes into the  
> next version of the Y2010 patch, version 711000:
>
> http://40hz.org/Pages/Patch%20711000
>
> This is unfortunately only for the US MP2x00 variants, German  
> Newtons and eMates will need to wait a bit still.
>
> There have been again multiple people helping with testing, many  
> thanks to Grant, Don and Tony for risking their Newtons! There is  
> still one potential issue with Adam Tow's Alarm Clock app, but I  
> think that it might be a generic Y2010 issue, and not related to the  
> fix of the 2008 reset.
>
> The installation is pretty straightforward, the ZIP file contains  
> the Patch.pkg file which can be installed on any patch level like  
> 71J059 (with the exception of 710031, and any Fix2010 package).
>
> Many thanks to Paul for the clever fix!
>
> Eckhart