IBM Home Director | Home Automation in 1996!

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In this Video, I looked at the IBM Home Directer, A home automation kit that sold from 1996 to 1998 and uses power line communication with X10 to connect all of the devices. I talk about some of the history and demo the hardware and software both! This project was very fun!


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MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO
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VECTOR GRAPHICS - CASCADE: https://soundcloud.com/vectorgraphics/cascade
Simcity 4 Music - Transit Angst: https://youtu.be/R7PCLH-i_-4

VECTOR GRAPHICS – CONUS: https://soundcloud.com/vectorgraphics/conus

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Floppy option drive for Indigo 2
Galileo Video for Indigo 2 (card and video breakout box)
SGI granite Keyboard and Mouse
SGI Bigfoot Keyboard
Teal feet for Indigo 2
SGI Indy
SGI Challange S
SGI Octane
SGI O2
SGI IRIS Indigo
SGI ONYX Reality Engine 2 or VTX
SGI IRIS Crimson (Elan,Extreme,VGXT,RE)
SGI Origin 350
SUN SPARCSTATION 5
SUN ULTRA 10
SUN ULTRA 5
SUN servers (any)
Silicon graphics CRT Monitor (any)
SUN ULTRA 40
Macintosh Quadra 700
Macintosh Quadra 900 or 950

SOURCES FOR IMAGES AND RESEARCH:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard)
https://www.rfwireless-world.com/terminology/x10-protocol-home-automation-technology-basics
http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/leon.zhang11/yr2proj/Our_System.htm
https://hardwarebee.com/understanding-power-line-communication/
https://meadowend.com/2021/07/12/some-musings-on-powerline-adapters