X-10 (was: A *real* classic)

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Feb 16 01:21:06 2002

On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, M H Stein wrote:

> You may find that interfacing to X-10 is a little
> easier today than it was then, with friendlier stuff
> from X-10 and also Micromint's PLIX chip/kit (the same
> folks who brought us the elsewhere-mentioned 80C52-BASIC).

I used this device somewhat recently:

http://www.hometech.com/brains/marrick.html#MA-RS232L

It allows you to send simple X10 commands over your serial port that then
get translated to the correct protocol. It's a very nice solution.

Here's another similar device I just discovered that's much cooler and
much cheaper:

http://www.smarthome.com/1132.html

I have an X10 computer control mdoule for a TRS-80 and also one that is an
S-100 card ;)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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