evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

RTFM time... nah, this watch was used so much that the majority of its interface is still muscle-memory ;)
software... ah, software.
screenshots do nothing to convey the joy of the Windows NT4-esque teal and boxes interface.
It runs under Wine okay, but not Win10 (I had a VM handy, useful for work purposes from time to time, don't judge) at all, under any compatibility options.
Remember that serial port Casio PAD-2 infrared adaptor?
software recognises Com1-8 only. in Wine. at 115200 baud.

New battery (CR2032) and a bit of cleaning, and we have life!
aww bless, it remembers the new century.
so shiny, full of hope, everything was new again...
sorry buddy, welcome to 2023's hellscape

So far, so promising.
I have all the bits, should be pretty simple getting a never-used infrared adaptor made before the turn of the century working with modern kit via a usb-serial adaptor, right?
software built for venerable versions of Windows with hardcoded serial ports running on a modern, usb-only laptop with a flavour of Linux should fly, right?
getting a watch unused since 2008 (new battery added to check it was working, but no way to get the pics off, so abandoned) to live again, right?

My Palm Pilot communicated mostly via IR as my laptop at the time had IR, my Nokia phones had IR, my WristCam had IR.
All was peachy and communication just happened.
That laptop is RIP (Pentium 133...) and most of the rest is now souvenirs of a more geeky time...
until I moved house.
and found the watch.
and its box.
containing the software.
and found the infrared serial adaptor.
and was prompted by Spangolin / @35millimetre about a photos-on-crap-kit project...
things joined together.
uh oh.

oookay, bit of a long-form geekery post, but it does (nearly) explain why I am sharing shitty greyscale pictures for a while...
way back (vertical wavy-lines go here) I purchased a Casio WristCam - the WQV-1 specifically.
It took 120x120 pixel greyscale images, but was also the size of a (slightly bulky) watch.
It could also share these via infrared.
I had a Palm Pilot with infrared.
This *Worked* really well.
I took many pictures.
23 years go by (vertical wavy-lines go here) and stuff changes.