Betr.: Acorn Econet

At 09:11 06/10/2003 +0100, Eelco Huininga wrote: this link might help: http://dunkels.com/adam/uip/index.html tcp/ip for 8 bit micros... linked with http://dunkels.com/adam/contiki/index.html - an 8 bit GUI. I keep looking at it, and wishing I had the time to port it to the Beeb - I used to do a LOT of low-level work on the beeb in the past. hardware wise, econet is most simply set up as as daisy chain. You used to be able to get some three-way DIN sockets (three sockets all connected in parallel) which together with a pile of male-male cables could be used to set up a link. You ended up with a lot of wire kicking about... Personally, I just got a pile of chassis-mount sockets, stuck them on a box, and wired the backs all together in parallel. Aformentioned 5-pin DIN male-male leads went from a socket to a BBC Econet interface. A terminator plugs into each end one, and a clock somewhere else. Software wise, I should have somewhere the BBC fileserver software for running on a BBC B micro, with or without hard disc, but in both cases it needs a second processor (or use a Master 128 with the built in 65C102 co-pro). If you need a copy, email me and I'll try and dig it out. Rob.