[NTLK] Did I miss the memo?

[Morgan Aldridge]

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 14:23:36 -0600
Aaron H <online at atomiciguana.com> wrote:

> On a real Newton (both 2100s, both English), if I remove all power
> and wait long enough, reverts to a 2008 date and boots normally. Then
> I am able to the date normally. (one actually reverted to a 1997
> date, so I must not have the 2010 patch on that model)
> 
> Setting a 2025 date freezes the Newton (although it will still draw
> pen input on the screen, in weird state!), and rebooting from there
> will result in the hang during boot.

Last night, I picked up my MessagePad 2100 (71100) for my nightly
reading and found it on, frozen, and unresponsive with the question-mark
icon in the top-center. It worked fine after reset, so I chalked
it up to a CF storage issues, since I keep my books on a CF card.
I didn't think much of it until this morning when I saw this thread,
but hadn't gotten to check it until now...

Well, it was again on, frozen, and unresponsive with the question-mark
icon in the top-center of the display. I pressed the reset button and
found it now freezes on the boot screen with the question-mark icon in
the top-center. I'll remove the batteries & power for a while to reset
the clock so I can keep reading The Fellowship of the Ring tonight.

Matthias, I'm _very_ glad you were able to reproduce it in Einstein for
further investigation!

I'm glad we at least have a workaround in resetting the clock to a date
prior to today, but was also hoping to have another year before I had
to worry about Y2010 patch issues.

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Morgan Aldridge
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