When I had my first "chance" (1978 or 1979) to buy a hard disk, it was for a TRS-80 level 2. It was 1MB, and cost $10,000 ($10000/mb)
Today, I can buy (yes, I know you can get it cheaper, whoever you are, this was the sweet spot per www.pricewatch.com as of this writing) a 120GB for $95 ($0.7916/GB or 0.0773197916 cents/MB).
That's 129347.36842105263157894736842105 times cheaper (according to MS Calc, and if I didn't slip a digit) in 25 years.......
You just need to get higher quality modules, and do a little background work. I've got more than 40 devices with no problems, although I haven't gone the heating/cooling control route (yet).
You're information is either a bit out of date, or you've just never seen the cooler stuff.
Yes, if you buy everything from x10.com, some of it's a bit cheap. However, if you buy quality, you get quality. Leviton makes a lot of x10 stuff, and it's very nice. You can also get an RF receiver that receives all house codes.
There's more x10 stuff out there than you think..... -Kelly
In addition to which there seems to be a ton of disagreement as to what features should or shouldn't be in CVS, as well as a lot of stagnation.
Frankly I use CVS because we have it for all the platforms we need, which I can't say of any commercial systems (SCO, VMS, MVS, OS/400, Tandem NSK are just a few of the systems). Not because it is wonderful, frankly I think it needs a major overhaul.
The Audiotron is a stereo component styled device from Voyetra/Turtle-Beach. The major advantage it has is that it has no hard drive, it reads data from your windows or linux pc (set up for file sharing). They have a beta/discussion mailing list that has provided fantastic support, and it's come quite a bit since software version 1.
This thing is absolutely great, works with Windows, Linux, NAS devices, etc. You can rip your music anyway you like (mp3 and microsoft formats only), use shoutcast servers, etc......
Perq's were invented in a garage in Pittsburgh around 1978/1979. They were duking it out with Sun-1s and Sun-2s for a long time (better graphics, not as much funding or engineering talent).
For info:
http://perqlogic.com/rdd/PERQ.html
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~pmaydell/PERQ /
http://vonhagen.org/perq-gen-faq.html
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I first used talk on BSD running on a VAX in 1983, but then, I'm old.
-Kelly
(and I can't type)
sed -e "s/any is us/and in use/" new_post
Yep, KnowledgeMan (IIRC) on the Perq was available commercially (any is us by the U.S. Government on an aircraft carrier) in the early 80s......
MMMMMM Perq's...... When was the last time YOU flew the "vulture of death"???
(Damn! I'm old!)
When I had my first "chance" (1978 or 1979) to buy a hard disk, it was for a TRS-80 level 2. It was 1MB, and cost $10,000 ($10000/mb)
Today, I can buy (yes, I know you can get it cheaper, whoever you are, this was the sweet spot per www.pricewatch.com as of this writing) a 120GB for $95 ($0.7916/GB or 0.0773197916 cents/MB).
That's 129347.36842105263157894736842105 times cheaper (according to MS Calc, and if I didn't slip a digit) in 25 years.......
Yep, the audiotron is "da bomb" (sorry).
I've had one for a couple years, the support is fantastic, and it works very well.
-Kelly
I looked at MisterHouse, and it's cool, but for me, it was more of a kit than a solution.
I have to deal with cranky perl code (and C, C++ and Java) all day at work, I don't want to have to do it to get my lights to work.
I run HomeSeer (windows only) http://www.homeseer.com and it was much easier to set up out of the box, but you do have to pay for it.
-Kelly
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You just need to get higher quality modules, and do a little background work. I've got more than 40 devices with no problems, although I haven't gone the heating/cooling control route (yet).
You're information is either a bit out of date, or you've just never seen the cooler stuff.
Yes, if you buy everything from x10.com, some of it's a bit cheap. However, if you buy quality, you get quality. Leviton makes a lot of x10 stuff, and it's very nice. You can also get an RF receiver that receives all house codes.
There's more x10 stuff out there than you think.....
-Kelly
You young pups. Try $10,000 for 1MB! This was in the days when a TRS-80 Level II was a hot machine!
In addition to which there seems to be a ton of disagreement as to what features should or shouldn't be in CVS, as well as a lot of stagnation.
Frankly I use CVS because we have it for all the platforms we need, which I can't say of any commercial systems (SCO, VMS, MVS, OS/400, Tandem NSK are just a few of the systems). Not because it is wonderful, frankly I think it needs a major overhaul.
Wrong. 12x12=144. 33x33=1089. Width counts, as does height.
The Audiotron is a stereo component styled device from Voyetra/Turtle-Beach. The major advantage it has is that it has no hard drive, it reads data from your windows or linux pc (set up for file sharing). They have a beta/discussion mailing list that has provided fantastic support, and it's come quite a bit since software version 1.
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This thing is absolutely great, works with Windows, Linux, NAS devices, etc. You can rip your music anyway you like (mp3 and microsoft formats only), use shoutcast servers, etc......
Around $300.....
Product info: http://www.audiotron.net/audiotron/producthome.as
Mailing list archives: http://maillist.voyetra.com/audiotron.html
http://www.turtlebeach.com/audiotron
No expensive storage to upgrade, keeps everything on your PC. The latest software version has an API.
The company has been extremely responsive to suggestions on their support mailing list.
$350.
Perq's were invented in a garage in Pittsburgh around 1978/1979. They were duking it out with Sun-1s and Sun-2s for a long time (better graphics, not as much funding or engineering talent).
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For info:
http://perqlogic.com/rdd/PERQ.html
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~pmaydell/PER
http://vonhagen.org/perq-gen-faq.html