retrocomputing

There was an early smart watch released in the late 90s called the Ruputer or onHand PC. It had a small grayscale screen and a joystick input, and featured installable applications. There was a small but thriving development scene for it. I’ve wanted to pick one up to play with but they seem nearly impossible to find now, at least at a good price.

I wore a “data bank” watch around that time, which could store memos and phone numbers, typed in via a tiny phone style keypad. I also remember lusting after the Casio watch camera.