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Title: Forget the Apple Watch—here's the Apple II Watch Post by: HCK on April 13, 2015, 03:00:12 am Forget the Apple Watch—here's the Apple II Watch
<article> <section class="page"> <p> The Apple Watch looks to be an impressive piece of gear (http://www.macworld.com/article/2907220/the-early-word-on-apple-watch-its-not-a-must-have-but-youll-want-one.html)—it’s sleek and attractive, and offers plenty of interesting and useful features. But if you’re looking for something a little more old-school, might we suggest the Apple II Watch (http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-II-Watch/)?</p><p> The DIY Apple II Watch (http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-II-Watch/) comes from the mind of Instructables user Aleator777 (http://www.instructables.com/member/Aleator777/), and it takes design cues from the classic Apple II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II) computer. A bulky, beige, 3D-printed plastic shell replaces the modern metal-and-glass enclosure of Apple’s real-life offering, and a Teensy 3.1 microcontroller (https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/teensy31.html) acts as the Apple II Watch’s brains.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2908862/forget-the-apple-watchheres-the-apple-ii-watch.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Forget the Apple Watch—here's the Apple II Watch (http://www.macworld.com/article/2908862/forget-the-apple-watchheres-the-apple-ii-watch.html#tk.rss_all) |