I'd be a lot more interested in smartwatches if they were like this, the Seiko UC-2000

It was released in 1984 and was a digital watch with memo function that could be put in a dock to turn it into a reasonably well-featured microcomputer

Imagine being able to wear your PC on your wrist and just plop it into a dock when you wanted more functionality, that'd be cool

@troubleMoney i want something like this that's more like the dreamcast vmu, where it's got a tiny screen and some processing capabilities and then you can attach it to a dock with a more high powered computer in it

@typhlosion funnily enough that's basically how this worked

On board it had a 4-bit CPU, 2K of RAM, and 7.5K of ROM, putting it in the UC-2200 dock let it use a Z80, 4K of RAM, and 26K of ROM

Follow

@troubleMoney yessssssss give me more modular/pluginable computer designs like that

@typhlosion @troubleMoney i recall some designs like this being a thing a few years ago i wonder what happened to them?
like there was a phone you plugged into a laptop case as a touchpad and it would use the more powerful hardware of the laptop

@typhlosion @troubleMoney ah here it is razer.com/projectlinda
i remembered wrong, it didnt actually add much to it aside from a keyboard, storage and bigger screen, but nowadays you dont really need to

Sign in to participate in the conversation
Awoo Space

Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.

While mature content is allowed here, we strongly believe in being able to choose to engage with content on your own terms, so please make sure to put mature and potentially sensitive content behind the CW feature with enough description that people know what it's about.

Before signing up, please read our community guidelines. While it's a very broad swath of topics it covers, please do your best! We believe that as long as you're putting forth genuine effort to limit harm you might cause – even if you haven't read the document – you'll be okay!