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Re: Software for Central Heating Control



In message <43bc1ea6$0$87296$5a6aecb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Gabriel
<andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>In article <1136370249.442615.10950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>       meow2222@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>> For the computer side of things, I would steer well clear of PCs, as
>> you need a system that will stay running for years at a time, and PCs
>> simply dont have the necessary hardware or software reliability. My
>
>Um, they do, providing you aren't running anything Microsoft-based.
>I run my system on an old 120MHz Pentium (which is still _way_ over
>powered for the task) using Solaris x86, and it has never gone down
>except when there's a power cut, which is roughly once every 400
>days so far.
>
You're going to have to go out and buy a 2nd hand Prius

--
geoff


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