Speaking of
2006, my Newton 2100 was in the car with me when our family had our first major car accident here in Japan. The Newton was in a bag next to me in the back seat. A nut ran a stop sign, slammed into us on the driver's door side (perpendicular to us) where my wife was driving, forcing our car to hit a steel guard rail head on. The car almost flipped over, front-end first! Indeed, the bad driver's car somehow ended up underneath our back two wheels.
Despite being strapped in, I flew from the back seat, broke off the rear view mirror with my head and crash into the front dash. My bag containing the Newton flew forward with me. Our infant son, also strapped into his car seat and seated to my left was somehow rocketed out of his seat and ended up on my back, where I believe the bag containing the Newton was also found. I was knocked out cold and ended up with the most bruises on my body, but miraculously no broken bones. Our entire family made it through, despite the fact the police commented they were surprised anyone in our car survived.
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I took a photo of that same Newton 2100 (an upgraded 2000) a couple years later in 2008, mostly unscathed.
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