[TriLUG] remote power on/off device

[al johnson]

On Tuesday 16 September 2003 10:39 am, you wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:29:55AM -0400, Andrew Perrin 
<clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
> > I use an X10 device for exactly this purpose. I bought it off ebay for
> > around $20, I think. It comes with a transmitter that plugs into the
> > serial port, a receiver that turns one device on/off, and one additional
> > receiver. There are several linux-compatible ways to address the
> > transmitter; I've been using one called "bottle rocket" because it was
> > the first one I tried, and it worked for me. The X10 package I bought is
> > called "firecracker".
>
> And as an added bonus, we can drive by your house and turn it on and off
> from the street!
>
> David

If this is the same X 10 device used to allow a computer to control light 
switches and such you may be able to get one of these at Radio Shack!!
They used to sell them some time ago, but I don't know if they still do.
----Al Johnson