Date   : Tue, 03 Aug 1999 11:06:52 +0100
From   : Philip Blundell <pb@...>
Subject: Re: Econet hardware 

>It is a little clunky I agree. The reason for considering PIC is that I
>would prefer to keep the interface external to the PC. That means either
>serial, or parallel connections, and the PIC range has good support for

Ah, I see.  Yeah, that makes more sense then.

>How fast can the BBC really drive the network in practice ? I know the clock
>boxes can drive up to about 600k, but I would imagine that the CPU would
>have trouble driving much above 115k anyway. 

My memory of these things is a bit rusty.  You can get a couple of hundred 
kilobaud I think on a BBC.  Archimedes machines will go up to a megabit or 
thereabouts.

>Anyone know where I can get hold of a master econet module ? I have been
>offered one already, but I'll need two if I'm gonna use it for both PC and
>my BBC Master.

I think I have plenty of spares.  Send me a few quid to buy beer with and 
you're welcome to one.

p.