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A little bit of history.

Anyone else run x11 hardware with Mr. House?

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>Back in the 1990s IBM had a pretty sizeable presence in the PC market, including its rather spiffy Aptiva series of PCs. Naturally their PCs had to feature heavily in another consumer-related thing that was popular in the 1990s, being smart home automation in the form of IBM Home Director. Recently [Ionic1k] took a look at this blast from the past, starting with one of the original IBM commercials.

A little bit of history. Anyone else run x11 hardware with Mr. House? Archive: (down) From the post: >>Back in the 1990s IBM had a pretty sizeable presence in the PC market, including its rather spiffy Aptiva series of PCs. Naturally their PCs had to feature heavily in another consumer-related thing that was popular in the 1990s, being smart home automation in the form of IBM Home Director. Recently [Ionic1k] took a look at this blast from the past, starting with one of the original IBM commercials.
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I was expecting "hear" it. That clack-clack but then again.. There was a odd smell to that x11 stuff.

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It's not so much the devices themselves...it's the fear.