Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!hpfcbig!diamant From: diamant@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Wrist-watch with up/down-load features Message-ID: <1010002@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM> Date: 23 Jul 90 18:17:09 GMT References: Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO Lines: 33 > One of SEIKO's models DID have an RS232 interface built-in. > The entire display is dot-matrix type; and if my memory serves > me right, the watch had 2k of memory. Yes, it was called the Seiko RC-4000 (or PC DataGraph). It was made by Hattori Seiko (in other words, it came direct from Japan and was not sold by Seiko Time in the U.S.). These things are now being resold as something called a Wristmac. Microseeds Publishing of Tampa Florida is the supplier (they bought the old stock of RC-4000s and added some Mac software). > Price ? It was about US $ 250.00 in Frankfurt international airport, > so I would guess, if it is available in US, it would cost about > $100.00. (those shops may be duty-free, but things are a lot > expensive there than outside... anybody knows why ?) The cheapest source I've been able to find so far is MacWharehouse (800 255-6227), with a price of $149 for the plastic case, non waterproof version, and $189 for the metal case, waterproof version (called executive wristmac). You probably need to add an adaptor on the cable, though, if you have anything other than a Mac (yes, it has RS-232 and 2K of memory). John Diamant Software Engineering Systems Division Hewlett Packard Co. ARPA Internet: diamant@hpfclp.sde.hp.com Fort Collins, CO UUCP: {hpfcla,hplabs}!hpfclp!diamant This response does not represent the official position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard Company. The above data is provided for informational purposes only. It is supplied without warranty of any kind.