30 Dec
2006
30 Dec
'06
3:13 a.m.
On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 00:48 +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
Actually, the PROPER way to do it is to have a communications link
so one can simply hook it up to the home network, and either telnet to
it, or open a Web page on it to control the process. This allows for
various things like a cron job on a Unix machine that fires up a load of
wash when there's plenty of hot water in the solar panels, or when power
Actually,
I'm even more glad I'm using a cooker with the right number of
ICs
controling it. Namely zero. from the grid is cheaper, depending on the individual
configuration.
The machine itself should have only a simple user-programmable
microprocessor with internal RAM and ROM. (ducking)
Peace,
Warren E. Wolfe
wizard at voyager.net