Re: Introl X10?

[Michael Mahon <mahon@cup.hp.com>]

scraft@bigpapa.nothinbut.net wrote:
> 
> Here's a mystery card.  I came across something labeled
> "Introl X-10", it's about the size of the oldstyle Disk II
> controller cards, and has a single thin cable running
> from two traces on the card to a brown rubber thing that
> looks like a thimble on both ends.  I have no idea what
> it should be doing.  :)  I am "rediscovering" my X10 stuff
> (gotta do something with the IIe) but have no idea what
> this ever did.
> 
Congratulations!  You have a vintage X-10 ultrasonic interface
card!

No kidding--the thimble-like thing contains a 40KHz ultrasonic
transducer that, when placed near a BSR X-10 control console
equipped with an ultrasonic receiver (most early ones were),
can transmit commands to the control console which relays them
to the power lines to control various X-10 modules.

If you don't know what an X-10 module is, then it won't be much
use to you.  ;-)  And you're going to need some software that
came with the card, which someone *here* may know about...

Good luck.

-michael