X-10 Powerhouse
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What can you do about people who forget to turn lights off or who leave the television on all night? How can you give your house or apartment a lived-in look to fool would-be burglars when you're out or away? Plug-in timers are one solution, but they can be a chore to use if you need more than one or two. The X-10 Powerhouse system, a sophisticated timer that you program with your Mac, provides an automatic on/off switch for lights and appliances.
Which Switch to Throw?
The heart of the system is the computer interface, a compact unit (about 7 by 5 by 2 inches) that plugs into a wall outlet. You control lights and appliances by plugging them into modules that respond to signals the interface sends over existing electrical wiring. Each module is identified by a two-character code, such as A2 or B6, that’s easily changed; X-10 handles up to 2506 separate modules. Available as well are dimmer-switch modules that can change a lamp’s brightness setting. X-10 also provides a telephone responder, a radio-operated controller, a burglar-alarm interface, and a thermostat controller.
Tessler, Franklin. (November 1986). The Mac Hits the Switch. Macworld. (pg. 137).
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Architecture
Motorola 68K
System Requirements
From Mac OS 1.0
up to Mac OS 6.0
Compatibility notes
 Emulating this? It could probably run under:  Mini vMac
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