More about Granny Mckay's steam-driven computer

[Jim Carwardine]

Wally... I'd be interested in seeing your RC house system as a model... Jim

on 2/10/06 12:06 PM, Wally Rodriguez wrote:

> I tell you something.. One thing RR has done for me and my company is
> to make some of those really old machines useful again.
> 
> I have developed a couple of applications for quick web page
> generation, a slate generator (slates are the identifiers and
> countdowns used in video commercials) and a pretty fancy remote
> control system for my home theater (which I will post some
> information here later as it has turned out to be quite a fun project).
> 
> In all cases I have been able to revive a few OS9 machines that were
> lying around the office to act as dedicated front ends for these
> applications.
> 
> The remote control application in particular, has allowed me to use a
> few of the old PowerBook 2400c "Comet" laptops as fancy "whole-house"
> automation front ends so that I can now control the whole system
> including volume, sources, modes plus iTunes from anywhere in the
> house. It's pretty cool to hit a "nighttime" button in the bedroom
> and have all the lights and all the systems shutdown.
> 
> So as much as it would be dificult for these machines to do some of
> the fancier stuff out there, they sure have come back in this other
> "life" thanks to RR.
> 
> 
> On Feb 8, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Mathewson wrote:
> 
>> This is not quite as OT as it may at first seem . . .
>> 
>> If one wants to be really cynical one can chop people in
>> the world up into various groupings:
>> 
>> Class #1. Those who have computers which they regularly
>> upgrade and/or exchange - equipped with reasonably
>> up-to-date operating systems.
>> 
>> Class #2.  Those who have "steam-driven" computers: i.e.
>> computers which, at a stretch, are capable of coping with
>> some stacks/standalones generated by RR developers, but are
>> old, slow and work with antiquated operating systems. This
>> class probably don't possess either the wherewithall to buy
>> a more modern computer nor feel a need to.
>> 
>> Class #3. Those who work as cow-herds and don't have
>> computers (OK, OK, I know there are hi-tech cowherds, but
>> they are in a minority).
> 
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