That actually wasnât that far-fetched back then. The HP-01 calculator watch from 1979 was not too different from this gizmo, although it only had an 8-digit LED display.
Iâm still waiting for Sony to make my 0.7 inch floppy drive.
I would wear that. As long as it didnât have an LCD screen.
Do MicroSD cards count?
So does anyone have a scan of the actual magazine/article? The cover image is cute, but I want to know what they were saying.
Digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
Itâs amazing that they managed to fit a Qwerty keyboard in such a tiny space.
Further proof that the Boingers donât much look at the BBS - and missing the Time article that goes with itâŚ
clearly the vision of the future was REALLY BIG HANDS.
Microsoft had a data watchâŚit would synch to your computer via a optical sensorâŚâlinesâ on the screen would flash like a barcode flash and the watch would suck up the data sent.
Casio also had a data bank watchâŚthat had limited computer interface (in some versions) and full keyboard on the watch.
Really big hands, and odd sausage-like fingers. There should be more creases in a finger bent like that.
yeah, oh well. 
kinda funny because Iâm the opposite, i spend more time on the BBS then the front page myself these days.
Iâm just happy to see others admire the same awesome watch, i still really want one, but iâm a huge fan of retro-futurism. i love all things from future past.
Byte Magazine! I remember being sooo proud of getting a client on the front cover (right hand corner) and it was a publication my parents back in the midwest could buy on the news stand.
I had the early Casio Databank and in fact Iâm wearing a version right now!
Did you ever have an 8 inch floppy? I did. It was the âBoot diskâ I accidently overwrote it trying to create a new one. A very scary painful night until a friend saved my bacon. Back in those days you couldnât just get a new boot disk downloaded from some website!
I loved my Casio Databank. from tonightâs post on BB I see there are still version available.
http://www.casio-usa.com/products/Watches/Databank/
UnfortunatelyâŚâWhy?â cell phones have taken the place of a âdata watchâ you have your phone book, notebook, reminders, GPS, along with web browsing and posting in one deviceâthat also as a side effect seems to make and receive telephone calls.
Robert Tinney used to do all the cool Byte covers. I was a cheap bastard and would always read it at the public library. BTW Tinney sells shirts with some of his art.
http://www.tinney.net/t-shirts/index.htm
Note that this cover image is a snark.
BYTE was not a gushy Popular Mechanics type of zine catering to wide-eyed gadget freaks.
The artist is having fun with theme future computing, and BYTEâs audience would get the joke.
Wasnât this an April Foolâs joke cover?
What is this, a keyboard for ants?
