Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvca!charles From: charles@hpcvca.HP.COM (Charles Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Serial Ports Message-ID: <5660019@hpcvca.HP.COM> Date: 22 Sep 88 01:08:09 GMT References: <6418@dasys1.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon Lines: 17 > I only know of one X-10 controller for PCs, and it is a stand-alone > box which only needs to be programmed once then forgotten (at least > until you want to reprogram your schedule). I can't understand why > you want a background task for this purpose. That describes what I have. Its scheduler is limited to a week (as I recall). I want to have longer schedules. I would also like to have my A1000 read the clock in the X-10 controller. > Of course, using a switch box is not ideal, but more financially practical. > -Gregg Whitcomb whitcomb@ic.berkeley.edu I will not say what I think of switch boxes in polite company. I was also wanting to have a third serial line permanently connected to my other computer. I have since then decided not to do that. Charles Brown