WristMac sells for $7500

sylvirgro

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This interesting piece of Apple-related memorabilia sold in December: https://www.comicconnect.com/item/941004?tzf=1#description
"In 1988, Ex Machina, Inc. and Seiko came together to release the Wrist Mac, a programmable watch that connected to a Macintosh computer. The Wrist Mac could store telephone numbers, set alarms for both one-time use and recurring daily and weekly uses, and take notes, which could then be exported to a disk as a text file. It was a precursor to 1989’s Macintosh Portable, the first battery-powered Macintosh, the first portable Apple computer, and one of the first modern laptops, as well as a visionary precursor and missing link between early cellular phones and 2015’s Apple Watch. The Apple Watch has had seven generations as of October 2021, and is not slowing down anytime soon. It revolutionized cell phone and computer technology, and the Wrist Mac, an eerily similar device, launched over 25 years before the Apple Watch! When the astronauts aboard the Atlantis Space Shuttle sent the first email from space on August 28, 1991, they wore WristMac watches to coordinate with the Macintosh Portable and Apple Link software aboard the shuttle. Apple products have long been seen as the forefront of technology, making them a natural choice for NASA missions, like the use of the then-futuristic iPods aboard NASA ships in the 2000s."
 
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