On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:46 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Ditto. But I do want a smart home and I've had one for years. We still use > the older X10/Insteon protocol, wasn't that the one that had the add with the girl in the flesh-colored tshirt bouncing around? I remember one of my small chiodren asking why she didn't have a shirt . . . Home automation is another boat that apple missed begore finally getting their act together. The Mac IIfx (1990) had a pare of custom co-processors, essentially 10mhz 6502s with 32k each (iirc) RAM & ROM. One of these controlled the serial ports, including AppleTalk, along with other small tasks. Add that appletalk worked well over existing in-house phone wiring, those processors could have been mass produced, and used the second pair in existing wiring. Apple would have *owned* home automation at the time. Then again, given their thinking at the time, they probably would have expected to sell you your television, toaster, and front door as part of this, so maybe not. In that err, if they could have produced a Rolls Royce for $1000, they would have gone broke by only selling it as part of an apple house to have the garage . . . 90 -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
