Apple ][ Watch

[braythwayt]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-II-Watch/

[meesterdude]

From the comments:

>This is incredible and has great significance to the maker community. I would buy this over the Apple watch and would wear it too! It would go well with my nixie watch.

-stevewoz

[kcorbitt → meesterdude]

It's not entirely clear to me whether the poster of that comment is in fact the real Steve Woz (it seems that that's his only post on the site; there's not a lot to go off of to distinguish it between a parody account and the actual guy). I sure hope it is though!

[johnbatch → kcorbitt]

Woz linked to this instructables page on his verified Facebook account the same day as that comment. https://www.facebook.com/thinkbig/posts/989165078413

[ascagnel_ → johnbatch]

It looks like someone else posted this to the FB account, not the other way around.

[ChrisClark → ascagnel_]

No, Woz commented on that post with the Instructables link.

[EGreg → johnbatch]

That clinches it!

[danso]

I don't think I'll ever buy the actual Apple Watch, at least this generation and the next. But I'd much less reluctantly plop down $300 for this, not because of its functionality, but just for being a style accessory (isn't that the main point of watches these days) and a clever one at that. I wonder if Woz has seen this? He'd probably buy one and then try to get Integer BASIC working on it.

[elvinyung → danso]

Look at the first comment!

[danso → elvinyung]

LOL. Damn, I've been so trained to not read the comments on articles that I didn't even bother checking. Of course Woz chimed in, and did so in his typical low key way.

Coincidentally, yesterday I saw that he chimed in on an HN thread a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=stevewoz

Would love to see him pop in on any one of the retro computing discussions that make the front page.

[radiorental → danso]

Long time Instructable user. Fwiw, The comments section on Instructables is quite healthy/proactive/helpful. The community does a good job at policing, similar to HN.

[empressplay]

At least it's not another silly Kickstarter campaign...

> 800 mAh LiPo battery (gives about a 3 hour lifetime)

Bit of a problem for a watch though.

[micheljansen → empressplay]

Did you see the comment by damianpeckett1? He thinks he can get it up to 24 hours. That's pretty much what an average smart watch gets anyway.

[mistaken → empressplay]

They should make it into a pipboy then :)

[pipboypipman → mistaken]

http://hackaday.com/?s=pipboy

You're welcome.

[gravypod → mistaken]

I'd buy that.

[nitin_flanker]

This is amazing and innovative. The retro look makes it so cool that I would buy it rather than going for a real smartwatch.

The best part is, with 3d printed body, one can even make it look like a steampunk watch or say a pip-boy.

[amelius]

The interesting thing is, imho, that the capabilities of our old microcomputers are probably exactly what a modern day watch can handle :)

[macintux → amelius]

From some quick searching, the CPU inside an Apple Watch is somewhere in the ballpark of the first iPad and includes 512MB of RAM.

[TazeTSchnitzel → macintux]

More than enough to emulate an old computer at full speed.

[macintux → TazeTSchnitzel]

Probably several old computers.

[juntsao1030]

Come on guys, don't be so mean! It is just something for fun! I may spend money on this but not on the actual Apple watch... At least I can have fun with this toy.

[jrcii]

My first true love was an Apple IIc. I want this.

[itomato]

It's not a 6502, not even an emulation.

It's a parody.

[nypdhn]

This is really cool!