Date   : Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:07:13 +0200 (BST)
From   : Johan Heuseveldt <johan@...>
Subject: Re: Econet speed

Hi Jules,

On Sun 13 Jun, Jules Richardson wrote:

> Any idea what sort of data rate I can expect over a short Econet
> network? That's another thing that'll have a bearing on how I go about
> this picture wall thingy.
> 
> I'll only need a few metres of cable.. less than 50 even assuming the

With such short lengths of the cable. it's the speed of software
that counts, not cable length.

> controlling machine is some distance from everything else. I've got some
> docs here that say the maximum clock speed is 250KHz due to software
> limitations even though the clock unit will go higher - that's from an
> Acorn provisional document though so maybe things changed...

AFAIUI, the maximum for Beebs is 200kHz. Perhaps a Master is a bit more
efficient and can go to 250, but don't really know.

FileStore internal clock is normally set to 190 kHz.


greetings,
Johan


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