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A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #1 Posted by artur - brazil on 7 Oct 2009, 8:34 a.m. Has anybody here seen this amazing watch? http://www.calcwatch.com/ Best wishes! Artur

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #2 Posted by Katie Wasserman on 7 Oct 2009, 8:38 a.m., in response to message #1 by artur - brazil Of course. David L. Jones (DaveJ), the inventor, is a regular here and video blogs about electronics here. Look through his earlier episodes for one about this watch. Then there's the great group of people that program this, I think that this is the best place to see what they're up to. -Katie Edited: 7 Oct 2009, 8:44 a.m.

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #3 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 7 Oct 2009, 8:39 a.m., in response to message #1 by artur - brazil E aí, Artur; tudo certo? (Hi; is everything OK?) The uWatch has been introduced here for about one-two years ago. It is really something to have... I'm waiting for the chance to have one. What about finding a group of 'us here' and try to buy some pieces of it? My name in the list, please! Cheers. Luiz (same ol'Brazil)

Hello, Luiz! Message #4 Posted by artur - brazil on 7 Oct 2009, 8:42 a.m., in response to message #3 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) What a long time Luiz! I'm always busy trying something different! Very best wishes! Artur

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #5 Posted by artur - brazil on 7 Oct 2009, 8:40 a.m., in response to message #1 by artur - brazil Hummmmm .... maybe a replacement for HP15C or HP01 is a bit high evaluation, but they are in an excellent way ... Artur

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #6 Posted by hecube on 7 Oct 2009, 12:23 p.m., in response to message #1 by artur - brazil No offense to anyone but it's ugly as hell...

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #7 Posted by Don Shepherd on 7 Oct 2009, 12:28 p.m., in response to message #6 by hecube Hey, if you want a Rolex, buy one. This one is for the geeks, and its geek-factor is superb.

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #8 Posted by hecube on 7 Oct 2009, 8:32 p.m., in response to message #7 by Don Shepherd Like I said, no offense meant to anyone. I'll hold out for a HP-01 thank you!

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #9 Posted by Don Shepherd on 7 Oct 2009, 8:50 p.m., in response to message #8 by hecube I'm not geeky enough to actually wear that watch, but it was amazing what Dave did with that project. I asked him once about the programming language of the watch, and he said it was basically a macro recorder, to let you record and then play back keystrokes, but no abilities to test or branch like a real programming language. The HP-01 is interesting, but I can't see wearing that either. I do have one of the original Pulsar digital watches I got around 1972 or 73, and it still works after all these years. You adjust the hour and minutes with a little magnet concealed in the clasp. Cool.

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #10 Posted by Geoff Quickfall on 7 Oct 2009, 8:58 p.m., in response to message #9 by Don Shepherd And the HP-01 IS NOT UGLY!!!!!! And neither is my Synchronar:

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #11 Posted by hecube on 7 Oct 2009, 9:41 p.m., in response to message #10 by Geoff Quickfall I like those big watch designs of the early seventies. I even bought a russian watch from that era this past summer. I wear it daily and I got many compliments (mostly from ladies!):

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #12 Posted by DaveJ on 8 Oct 2009, 4:51 a.m., in response to message #9 by Don Shepherd Quote: I'm not geeky enough to actually wear that watch, but it was amazing what Dave did with that project. I asked him once about the programming language of the watch, and he said it was basically a macro recorder, to let you record and then play back keystrokes, but no abilities to test or branch like a real programming language. My original firmware was only fairly rudimentary, it's the community that took it forward. See what the latest firmware can do in this excellent USER MANUAL The worlds only chess playing watch perhaps? Dave.

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #13 Posted by DaveJ on 7 Oct 2009, 11:20 p.m., in response to message #6 by hecube Quote: No offense to anyone but it's ugly as hell... Sure it is, but it was built using off the shelf parts and no case! The new one will be much nicer, if I ever get it finished... Dave.

Re: A great HP Watch (15C) replacement? Message #14 Posted by Dan W on 8 Oct 2009, 10:54 p.m., in response to message #13 by DaveJ Hi Dave, Great web site. I watched your video blogs on capacitors. I am a reliability engineer, so I really appreciate your comments. And entertaining too. And Katie, thanks for the link (message #2).

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