That is DEFINITELY a peice of info to hold onto if you're into home
automation. I can definitely relate to his getting zapped in the electrical
closet too as I was nailed once with 240VAC 400hz from one of our air
launched cruise missile test racks but I was part of the circuit. I still
have occasion to have a numb hand but of couse our wonderous VA system
thinks that there's no disability so I deal with my regular retirement (no
biggie).
Seems Sears Roebuck was a customer before BSR as well on the X10 items even
though BSR/X10 were involved in other things.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Lance Costanzo
-> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:13 AM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: X-10 (was Re: controlling power)
->
->
-> At 03:30 AM 7/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
-> >On July 9, Neil Cherry wrote:
-> >> X10 was marketed to Radio Shack in 1978 and the first review of it was
-> > X10 was originally marketed by BSR, if memory serves.
-> According to this guy, who worked with X10 from the early days,
-> RS was the 1st US market. BSR came later.
->
http://www.hometoys.com/htinews/oct99/articles/rye/rye.htm
-> Some interesting bits on development and manufacturing, too.
->
Received on Mon Jul 09 2001 - 10:27:28 BST