John wrote:
This is somewhat OT but I'd like to use my computer to turn lights on
and off and perhaps other appliances. This to to fool would-be
burglars. Is there a gizmo (lacking a better word) which I can plug
into my PC USB, LPT1 or other which would enable this?

www.smarthome.com as quite a few items as well.

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Joseph Meehan

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