Re: Peeks and Pokes

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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...