Hardware hackers rejoice!

[NoOp]

On 05/28/2007 02:18 PM, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
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>> Cool... but not sure if you've seen this or not; there are X10 packages:
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>> <http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=x10&searchon=names&subword=1&version=feisty&release=all>
>> [http://preview.tinyurl.com/3d5mmy]
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>> that you might find helpful.
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>     Yeah, but to enjoy those, I'd need a house!  :)  The scenery never
> changes, time in the wilderness becomes only a 'vacation' and you spend
> all your time in traffic.
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>     The trailer 'lives' on 12V; when 110 is available, it just charges
> the batteries, unless an appliance _requires_ 110.  The microwave is
> one: Normal, 110V: $35  12V version: $400.  So yeah, it runs on 110...
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I realize that, but thought that perhaps the source from those packages
might be of some help that you could borrow to turn things on & off...