Casio Databank
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Casio Databank (often styled as CASIO DATA BANK) is a series of digital watches and electronic personal organizers manufactured by Casio. The watches allow data storage for names and telephone numbers, memos, and in late editions, email addresses; in addition to usually providing a calculator as well as the standard features of a digital watch. The personal organizers allowed storage of names, telephones and fax numbers, memos and includes a "secret" storage area for memos which required a password to access.
History
Casio C-80 is the first calculator watch to be ever produced. The Databank CD-40 and CD-401 are the first Databank watches, debuting in 1983. It is one of the first digital watches developed in the 1980s that allows the user to store information, following a Pulsar model released in 1982.{{cite web |url=https://www.g-central.com/the-best-casio-calculator-watches/ |title=The Best Casio Calculator Watches|website=G-Central G-Shock Watch Fan Blog |access-date=2019-02-15}}
Over the years, watches in the Data Bank line gained a variety of features, some of which were world firsts, starting with the schedule and world time (introduced on the DBC-62), phone dialler (DBA-80/800 and DBA-100/900), an electroluminescent backlight, luminous keypads, touch screen (VDB-1000 and VDB-200), voice recording capabilities (DBV-30/300 and DBC-V50/150) and atomic time reception functions (DBC-W150, FKT-2000 and FKT-300) in addition to data storage capabilities.{{cite news |last=Byford |first=Sam |title=The Original Smartwatches: Casio's History Of Wild Wrist Designs |publisher=The Verge |date=29 June 2015 |url= https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/29/8860737/casio-watches-smartwatch-features-photos-exhibition |accessdate=8 January 2020}}{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Benj |title=12 Ultra-Nerdy Watches of Yore |publisher=PC Mag |date=29 April 2017 |url= https://www.pcmag.com/feature/265834/12-ultra-nerdy-watches-of-yore |accessdate=8 January 2020}} Collaboration models of the Data Bank line were also made.{{cite web |title=MACKDADDY x Casio Databank |publisher=Hype Beast |date=26 November 2007 |url= https://hypebeast.com/2007/11/mackdaddy-x-casio-databank |accessdate=7 January 2020}}
Present
With the advent of smartphones and smart watches, the data bank watches like calculator watches lost their popularity and are now mostly a fashion statement. Today, Casio still sells data bank models with basic data bank functions. Data bank models have many unique features and are highly sought after by watch collectors.{{cite web|url=http://whichwatchtoday.blogspot.com/2013/11/casio-db-v30-easy-rec-sampling-mania.html?m=1|title=Casio DB-V30 Easy Rec - Sampling Mania blue edition|date=26 November 2013|publisher=Blogspot|accessdate=8 January 2020}}
{{As of| 2020}}, Casio sells the following models of the data bank: the DBC-611 and the DBC-32, which provide data storage, calculation and schedule capabilities, the DB-380 and the DB-36/360 which provide data storage capabilities. All models allow for a selection of multiple languages.{{cite web|url=https://www.casio-intl.com/asia/en/wat/youth/data/|title=DATA BANK|publisher=Casio|accessdate=7 January 2020}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.casio.com/us/watches/casio/databank/ Casio Data Bank Catalog]
- [http://raredigitalwatches.com/digital/casio/cal6.html Museum of Casio Data Bank Watches]
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