Re: Apple //c LCD Screen & SmartHome software.....

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <bjbear-ya023680000504971050460001@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net>,
B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin <bjbear@ibm.net> wrote:
>I'd like to know once and for all if the LCD screen pictured in so many of
>my third party Apple //c reference books was ever made and available for
>sale in the U.S.  Price was supposed to be around $600.00.  Did/does anyone
>on this group have one and how well did/does it work if you do?  Just
>curious....

Yepper, I have one of 'em. I saw one at a dealer when they first came out,
and never saw any after that until I unearthed one and snatched it up. Those
puppies have to be mighty scarce.

As far as picture goes, it ain't so hot. You can only use it when there's
a lot of light, and the aspect ratio of the display makes stuff look weird.
Plus text is kinda hard to read. So not so hard to see why it didn't sell 
real well.

>Also, there is a software pictured in these same reference books called
>"Smart Home" that dealt with appliance, security, and light control via the
>Apple //c.  I assume it would work on an enhanced //e or a //gs as well. 
>Does anyone on this group have this, how well does/did it work, etc. etc.?

Sounds like regular ol' X10 type stuff, but never seen any of it myself.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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