Re: Peeks and Pokes

[TWS <adoyson@nccn.net>]

I've got x-10, including the software and everything.  It is an awesome
trick to run your house with your apple II!

*I* am still looking for a IIgs app/NDA/CDA that will allow me to control
x-10 modules.  I know there  are 2 NDA's available for this, but one is
expensive and the other I cannot locate.

With the IIc, you simply connect the serial port to the x-10 cp-290, plug
the cp290 into an electric outlet, and run the software.  You can control
on/off modules and light dimmers.



Supertimer wrote:

> Ruth Doubleday <ruthd@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
> >I am evaluating the IIc as a controller for a home automation project.
> >In order to work, the IIc will need to communicate with an external
> >serial device using timed reads (or equivalent).
> >
> >I have found the peek address for examining the keyboard input buffer
> >and the poke address to indicate the byte was read from the keyboard
> >buffer.
> >
> >I need to find the corresponding peek/poke for reading from the serial
> >port. A complete list of peek addresses and poke values would be ideal.
> >
> >Also, does the IIc support a date/time clock?
> >
> >Please advise.
>
> Ruth, I assume you are trying to use an X-10 home automation
> controller with a IIc?  This has already been done.  The simplest
> solution would be to find someone with an 8-bit IIe/IIc version of
> the X-10 software (the Apple II was a popular X-10 component
> in the 1980s), the right serial cable, string them together and run
> the system...
>
> You'll have to find a copy used.  I suggest asking on the usenet
> newsgroup comp.sys.apple2.marketplace.
>
> The controller is still sold at places like Radio Shack.  The same
> one that works on Macintosh and Wintel will work with the A2.
> Only the software and the serial cable is different...