Re: a stupid X10 sprinkler question

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"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