Seiko DATA-2000
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After long decision process I finally have got the DATA-2000 smartwatch
(just like these ones [1], sans the manual). Well, it's a device from
1980s so they are not as "smart" as modern things called "smartwatch".
They are digital watches that can show time, data (day in a
month, actually) and which have (rather basic) stopwatch and alarm
functionalities.
That's almost all that they have. Except one special function: they
have two data areas called "Memo A" and "Memo B". These can be used to
store texts (up to 1000 characters long) which can be viewed on the
watch's LCD screen. To enter the text one has to use an external
keyboard, however.
It seems to be crazy and impractical today but it must be almost sci-fi
technology when it was new.
I have got them for practical reasons - I don't like to carry/use the
smartphone (or PDA) when doing shopping. And I don't use modern
smartwatches (I have terrible experience with the WearOS ones and my
Pebble just have entered another round of issues).
Thus these ones have been looking like a good solution - a wristwatch
which can carry my shopping list or To Do list (the text can be
arbitrary so it's compatible with the todo.txt !).
Mine DATA-2000 aren't in perfect condition, of course. There are some
dead pixels on two of characters in the bottom left corner. Actually,
one line from the letter matrix is missing in both characters. I hope
that this issue will not continue to expand.
The only other functionality I found so far is the calculator. But it
is very limited (it can do just + - * /) and it only works when the
external keyboard is attached (there is no way to enter the numbers
without this keyboard).
Surprisingly, LCD contrast seems to be good for normal use (the screen
is not backlit, however). So I think I will try to use them during my
net shopping run...
References:
[1]
http://watches.gafortiby.com/watch/Seiko_DATA_2000_UW01_0020_computer_watch/
