Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!paperboy!uunet!virgin!jbd From: jbd@osf.org (Bruce Dawson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Wrist-watch with up/down-load features Keywords: Calendar wrist watch WristMac Message-ID: <11166@paperboy.OSF.ORG> Date: 23 Jul 90 21:03:30 GMT References: <1380002@hpmtlx.HP.COM> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Reply-To: jbd@virgin.mv.com (Bruce Dawson) Organization: Virgin Software, Ltd. Lines: 19 This is the same watch that was advertised as WristMac by MacWarehouse and related magazines. It's fairly easy to cobble together a program that downloads the watch from a standard RS232 port. But watch out - the port is one-way - to the watch only. You need a special adapter to get data from the watch (but its a pain to modify data in the watch from the watch "console", so this usually isn't a problem). And yes, the watch has 14 settable alarms, weekly and annual reminders, and most of the usual calendar program features. The watch is fairly neat, but I found it rather cheaply made, especially for a Seiko. Also, I find it rather uncomfortable on the arm - its largish and boxy. Alas, I fell on some ice this past winter and the watch band is now forever detached (the pins that hold the band to the body ripped apart their holes). As sold by MacWarehouse, etc, it comes with some Mac Hypercard software that emulates the watch on the macintosh facilitates uploading and downloading. --Bruce