Neil Cherry wrote:
> Eric Chomko wrote:
> >
> > "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Don Maslin wrote:
> > > > Yes Eric, I also use X-10 to control the lights in my house. It is
> > > > handled by the small controller that plugs into a wall socket and is
> > > > programmed by a Radio Shack Color Computer. It has been chuggig along
> > > > for about 30 years.
> > >
> > > Uhhhh, I think that that would be TWENTY years, unless that was a very
> > > early preproduction prototype of the Coco.
> >
> > Yes, that begs the question: how old is X-10? CoCo's are 20+, but how old is
> > X-10?
> >
> > Eric
>
> X10 was marketed to Radio Shack in 1978 and the first review of it was
> in 1979. So it's a lot closer to 22 years old. Motorola had limited
> produced the 6809 in 78/79 (no where near '71). Wasn't this issue
> cleared up before? I think Don just missed a digit by one.
>
Thanks for the explanation. I was pulling Don's leg a little. He really help
a lot awhile back with CP/M disks.
Eric
>
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