[Coco] DS1216C SmartWatch source?

[Arthur Flexser]

The SmartWatch works great as a RTC for the CoCo, provided you have a
driver for it.  I sold lots of them as add-ons for Extended ADOS-3, which
contains such a driver.  I think its best use is for dating files and
displaying creation dates in the directory.

There are SmartWatch drivers for OS-9.

A minor problem with using it piggybacked with the disk ROM is that many
controllers don't have the height necessary to accommodate both.  I cut a
hole in the top of my controller;  others put the SmartWatch into a Rompack
to be used with the MPI.  In many cases, just putting on the cover of the
controller somewhat loosely may suffice.

Art

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Christopher Barnett Fox <cbfox01 at syr.edu>
wrote:

> I recall someone on the list some time ago was looking at adding a
> SmartWatch (Dallas Semiconductor?) to their CoCo. Has anyone found a good
> source for these? I'm specifically looking for the DS1216C variant, to
> upgrade a cool little 8085 trainer I recently acquired (the EMAC "Primer").
> Would the same SmartWatch variant also work as an RTC upgrade for the CoCo?
>
> Thanks!
>
> christopher
>
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