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- From: phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin)
- Subject: Re: High Tech Watches
- In-Reply-To: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM's message of 27 Jan 93 23:11:36 GMT
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:48:24 GMT
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- In article <2588@shaman.wv.tek.com> andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) writes:
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- Does noone else remember the HP-1? The first calculator watch I ever
- saw, from Hewlett Packard in the 1970s. Four functions, an equals key
- (no ENTER), and included a stylus that you used to push the buttons.
- $600 at fine jewelers everywhere.
-
- That's HP-01. It was actually more like around $800 and still costs
- a bundle if you can find an old one. It weighed something like 8 ounces
- and had an LED display which ate your batteries pretty fast.
-
- A co-worker of mine has one and has been wanting to replace its
- guts with a more modern CMOS microprocessor programmed to do you-name-it...
-