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From: rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Home Control (was Re: BSR Remotes and Touch Lamps)
Message-ID: <10734@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 2 Oct 90 21:43:46 GMT
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> What I am looking for is a sort of 'dishwasher lan' where all devices
> have a distinct address, and can respond to control signals with
> information about current status.  All this would go across the
> internal house wiring or low-speed infra-red links.  I could then
> kludge interfaces onto all of my current stuff(hopefully) and hook it
> all to a pc as a controller/gateway system.
> 3471 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95134-1803

Popular science did an article on this a few months ago.