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  1. April 24th, 2001, 01:05 PM #1
    CreepingDeath
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    Post house-hold prog...

    anyone know of a good house-hold program that would run on an old 486 or pentium 75.

    Preferably a program that would control lights smoke alarms and automatic doorlocks ...ect.
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  2. April 24th, 2001, 01:25 PM #2
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    What are you going to hook your lights up to. Some kind of Hardware has to come with it or else it'd be useless.

    I don't know where to to get software or hardware(besides radio shack) that will play with your lights and stuff.
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  3. April 24th, 2001, 01:32 PM #3
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    Search Ebay for something like "Home automation" and see if somebody is selling an older system that would work on an older PC.

    Nice avatar, BTW.
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  4. April 24th, 2001, 01:50 PM #4
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    www.x10.com has been around for years see banners for their cameras all the time.

    this looks like even more fun
    http://www-stu.cai.cam.ac.uk/~atm26/...has/index.html
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  5. April 24th, 2001, 08:14 PM #5
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    Originally posted by MacGyver:

    Nice avatar, BTW.
    Agreed...I love it!!!
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  6. April 24th, 2001, 10:21 PM #6
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    I used to sell a bunch of X10 stuff back in the mid 80's but never tried it. It must work if they are still in business after all these years....

    Creeping! Finally!!!! I love it! And this site could really use a few extra court jesters right now...
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  7. April 25th, 2001, 12:16 PM #7
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    "I used to sell a bunch of X10 stuff back in the mid 80's but never tried it. It must work if they are still in business after all these years...."
    Your quote
    Thanks for the reminder. I have a box full of X10 stuff in the closet that a fellow tech gave me eons ago. Now I have a new toy to play with. This ought to be fun.
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  8. April 25th, 2001, 12:47 PM #8
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    Get the IBM Home Director - it is a PC interface device for controlling x-10 modules - you can get x-10 modules from the net (x10.com) and at Radio Shack (who also offers a x-10 remote control (plug and Power)
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  9. April 27th, 2001, 02:42 PM #9
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    thank you for the reply's
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  10. April 30th, 2001, 04:17 PM #10
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    I actually found a really good link for that: http://www.misterhouse.net/
    Thought you might be interested...
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  11. April 30th, 2001, 04:17 PM #11
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    Oh. Its also FREE.
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