Sure, there was the IBM Palm Top PC 110 back in 1995, but this Raspberry Pi-powered Windows 98 smartwatch might be the strangest Microsoft fan creation yet. Created by ‘314REACTOR’ who has had a soft spot for Windows 98 dating back to their Pentium II system with 64MB of RAM, this smartwatch actually emulates the operating software on a wrist worn device.
Aside from the Raspberry Pi A+ board, it features a 2.4-inch TFT screen, PowerBoost 500C, 40 pin header, 40 pin header extender, velcro feet, Sugru, and various parts from MODMYPI. One of the biggest challenges in this build was finding a way to turn off the smartwatch using one of the buttons on the TFT, as unclean shutdowns would most likely cause SD card corruption.
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To notch up a bit of an overclock to 800mhz – however; do this at your own risk, I can’t take responsibility for hardware failures, overheating, battery drain, reduced life of hardware or anything else strange that may occur from overclocking a Pi. I’m tempted to put the other buttons to use and have them launch different versions of Windows – 95, ME, XP. Would be fun to have the ability to launch them all (non-concurrently). Although I imagine XP will run even worse than 98,” said its creator.
