Re: a stupid X10 sprinkler question

[Marc F Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:55:28 GMT, "Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in
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>"Marc F Hult" <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:38:42 GMT, "Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message  <SQVng.257165$Fs1.115617@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> >There is a lot of "old technology" we rely on in our everyday lives.  X10
>> >has worked almost 40 years, and there is no basic reason why it can't
>> >continue to work for years to come.
>>
>> As you doubtless know, X-10 was reportedly conceived by Pico Electronics
>of
>> Glenrothes, Scotland in 1975, developed 1976-1977, and first sold in the
>US
>> by Radio Shack in 1978. So you seem to have added ~10 years to X-10's
>> longevity prematurely. No doubt it will get there in a another decade tho
>...
>
>I stand corrected.  I thought it was the early 70's.  You reminded me of the
>few years we used those dang mechanical timers before switching to X10.
>Somewhere packed away in a box downstairs is the Radio Electronics article
>that first described the X10 system.
>
>Jeff
>
Yup ;-) and I sometimes still use them "dang mechanical timers" ...

... Marc
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