OT: Digital Watch Recommendations? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Aug 2002

...
  Possibly. 
These were made in 1985 and cost around $500, new.  I don't
have Mac software or cables, though.

The interface box doubles as a real-time clock for the Apple II.  It was
made by Applied Engineering. 
Humm... I don't remember the one I am thinking of having an interface 
box. I think it just had a mini-din 8 to 1/32" phono plug that plugged 
into the side of the watch.

Maybe the one I am thinking of was a repackaged version (or an updated 
version). I'll have to do some searching to see what I can find. 
Ok, I found this on it (I didn't mean to send my other email until I was 
done searching). This is from an old TidBits newsletter:

--
Neatest Product: The WristMac, from Ex Machina (published by Microseeds 
Publishing), is a Seiko wristwatch that stores up to 80 two-line 
"screens" of data, such as phone numbers, appointments, and to-do lists, 
complete with an interface cable that connects to a Mac serial ports, so 
you can use the included HyperCard 2.0 stack to enter and manipulate the 
data. You can even have the watch's alarm function alert you of the 
appointments that you've entered into the database.
--

There is a picture here (not a good one) 
http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~danbo/WRISTMAC.html

It sounds like it might have been an off shoot of the same watch made for 
the Apple II.

-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>