Jim Dunmyer wrote in a message to Rich Willbanks:
 > RJT> I was flipping through some old papers last night and came 
 > RJT> across copies of an article written for Byte magazine in which 
 > RJT> Steve Ciarcia discussed the idea of a computer-controlled wood 
 > RJT> stove.  He had some interesting things to say in there...
 > 
 > Hummmm... That could be interesting.  Have an O2 and a temp 
 > sensor to regulate a forced air intake.  A heat exchanger with 
 > a CO detector that could set off an alarm or even automatically 
 > force fresh air into the house.  Plus dozens of other things a 
 > person could come up with.
 JD> Rich,
 JD>  Ciarcia's computer controls mainly switched zone valves on and 
 JD> off to control heat distribution. If I recollect, the stove 
 JD> itself was NOT controlled by the computer.
This is correct,  from what I can recall of the article once you got that 
thing going it was on full blast until the fuel in it ran out,  which is 
supposed to be better for not having much chimney deposits and such.
 JD> Mine is, and you can F'Req STOVE.ZIP from 1:234/100 or get it 
 JD> via anonymous ftp from toltbbs.com to see how it works. It's 
 JD> been running for over 10 years now, including at this moment.
I guess it doesn't make a whole lot of difference *where* in the US you are, 
it would probably need to be running on a night like tonight.
I was going to ask you about this file but realized I already have it here,  
or at least a version of it dated around August 1996.  Which means that 
people can snag it here too,  if they want,  either as a file request or 
(here I stick my neck out as this is untested) by sending email to 
fileserv%tanstaaf@frackit.com.  No idea where you put the filename or format 
of the message or whatever,  though.  
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