Have run Homeseer on a laptop PC tucked in a closet for eons. Haven't even looked at that laptop in years. It just runs and runs (well, until today). Using an ancient serial-port connected controller for the small number of X-10 lightswitches and relays I have installed. Had only a few events defined. No scripts - don't how to do that stuff. Don't how to access any of it from outside my home, either. Also I have a few X-10 tabletop mini-controllers. The laptop has finally died and gone to Windows heaven.
So, how to get back in business? Would you just buy a cheap Win 7 laptop (maybe from the Dell Outlet store), reconnect the controller (do laptops even have serial ports anymore?) and stick with my X-10 stuff? Or, do I need to go in a different -- yet still cost-effective -- direction? Honestly, I don't have a clue. Would hate to junk all the X-10 devices I have.
So, how to get back in business? Would you just buy a cheap Win 7 laptop (maybe from the Dell Outlet store), reconnect the controller (do laptops even have serial ports anymore?) and stick with my X-10 stuff? Or, do I need to go in a different -- yet still cost-effective -- direction? Honestly, I don't have a clue. Would hate to junk all the X-10 devices I have.
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