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- From: bradley@novell.com (Brad Soe)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: x10 interface for Macintosh
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.170739.5122@novell.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:07:39 GMT
- References: <0105013D.lp2571@schmac.mv.com>
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- In article <0105013D.lp2571@schmac.mv.com> jdschnitzer@schmac.mv.com writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Dec21.235052.21360@novell.com> (misc.consumers.house), bradley@novell.com (Brad Soe) writes:
- > > I saw this item at a junk surplus store and on the package it states that
- > > it is for a Mac 512K.
- > >
- >The serial port connector is the old DB-9 rather than the newer mini-DIN.
- >You'll need an adapter cable. The latest software for the Mac X-10
- >interface I know of is version 2.2, you might need to upgrade though
- >if I recall I had no trouble going from a MacPlus to a IIsi then a
- >Quadra 950 (now System 7.0.1 dot).
-
- Lots of people sent e-mail about this item. It this seems like the one
- you are talking about. I did not think that there were others available.
- All I know is that it is made by BSR, it says on the package that it is
- for the Mac 512K and that it will control you can control your x10 modules
- from it. I do not know if it has the software. I do not know much more. I
- will go back to the store and look at it.
-
- My questions are:
-
- 1) How do I get up to date software. Is there a way I can upgrade or buy
- software for it?
-
- 2) If I want to use the new DIN plug, do I just need a simple adapter cable
- that goes from DB-9 to the new DIN?
-
- 3) I was originally planning on purchasing a Mac+ or SE cheap and buy the
- module to run x10, but I have a PB 160 and would like to use that instead.
- It is running system 7.1. Is this possible.
-
-
- Thanks
- Brad
-
- Brad Soe
- bradley@novell.com
-