C64's still managing building systems

[drlegendre .]

"A new, more current system would cost between $1.5 and 2 million. "

Something tells me there's more than a Commodore Amiga involved, here. This
figure must include the radio hardware and controllers at each of the
schools. The article goes on to say that a student at one of the high
schools wrote the software that runs it all.. but it must also require some
sort of controller / interface, so who supplied that (sans software)?

Doesn't really make much sense, but then again, not a lot of reporting does.

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Kevin Parker via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> I spotted this article in one of my tech news feeds - it makes a couple of
> references to C64's still managing building systems.
> Rationale "it isn't broken".
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> https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/news/many-commercial-property-
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> There's also a link in the above article to an older article (and a video)
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> http://woodtv.com/2015/06/11/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/
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> Kevin Parker
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