Clock (off topic) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Jan 1998

At 13:29 09/01/98 -0800, Kip Crosby wrote:
...
 Between Christmas and New Year's I was cleaning out
my mother's house and
found a Texas Instruments TI-71, complete with its docs and warranty card.
This is a small, line-powered digital clock.  Still works fine.

What interests me here is that I recall hearing an unsupported contention,
years ago, that this was the _first_ commodity digital clock that used
seven-segment displays instead of flippers.  Can anyone confirm or deny? 
Yes, more or less the "nostalgic taste" is more or less the same with all
the '70 's innovations.
I recall my first electronic watch: it was one of those black TI with red
plastic display.
Because of it's strong energy consumption, I had to replace the cells every
year.

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