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Date:      Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:14:56 -0500
From:      "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
To:        "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Home automation applications...
Message-ID:  <199810301816.NAA04441@laker.net>

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On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:25:01 -0600, Alain G. Fabry wrote:

>At www.freebsd.org, they mention different applications of which one is home
>automation.
>Which applications are they talking about and where can I find more info on
>these apps?

When people speak of home automation, they are very often referring to
X-10 devices.  See www.x10.com
X-10, Radio Shack, and now IBM have been selling a computer interface
to the X-10 system for $50 (it used to cost hundreds).  Usually, if you
buy one of these gizmos, the software only runs under Winblows!!  I
believe there is a port, but I'm having trouble finding it in the
collection.

The X-10 controller is mentioned in the release announcement for 3.0R
Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes.



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