[sci.electronics] SmartWatch Help

gardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner) (05/12/87)

In article <821@vu-vlsi.UUCP> colin@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Colin Kelley) writes:
>In article <849@killer.UUCP> sentinel@killer.UUCP (The Sentinel) writes:
>>
>> I recently picked up a Dallas Semiconductor SmartWatch...[called SW below]
>> This is a "no-slot clock" which plugs
>>into the board underneath a ROM, and is transparent until you need it.
>
>I've been toying with the same thing--I've been trying to install the
>SmartWatch in my PClone.  The problem is:  the SW is intended for a RAM,
>not a ROM.  Fortunately the pin-outs are virtually identical. 

I've just received a new catalog from Dallas Semi  & they have a new model
of the Smartwatch that can live in a ROM socket.  Its known as the DS1216E.

Maybe you should check it out.

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   Dick Gardner -- Eastman Kodak Co.  Rochester, New York  14650
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