1998

Nokia Communicator (9000i) – Review

After initially appearing in the summer of 1996 the (then) Nokia 9000 was priced at around £1,200.00 Thankfully things have moved on and so now…


Dedicated Home Automation PC

I’ve just built myself a new Pentium2 machine so my “old” Pentium 233MMX can now be dedicated to Home Automation. With 64mb of RAM this…


Self Build

15 April 1998 After taking TEN YEARS to get planning permission we finally “cut the first sod” on St Patrick’s Day (17th March 1998). No…we…


HomeVision Supports UK CID

After upgrading my main PC’s motherboard I at last had 2 serial ports free (the new board has a PS2 type mouse connector). This meant…


UKs 1st Home Automation Symposium

The weekend of January 9th 1998 and Keith Doxey (aka Krazy Keith) flies into Northern Ireland to meet me for what might perhaps be the…