Date   : Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:17:22 +0100
From   : Phil Blundell <philb@...>
Subject: Re: Econet-Ethernet bridge

On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 12:24 +0200, Eelco Huininga wrote:
> I've had this idea of an Econet-Ethernet gateway for some time now. Not
> because I'd want to sell them and make profit out of them, but merely for
> fun and 'to see if it can be done'. Now I find that more people are
> interested in building an Econet-Ethernet bridge, which is great, since we
> now can share ideas and thoughts. Don't know about others, but my intention
> is that when the device is ready, the schematics/PCB layout/documents should
> be available to the general public. If anyone then feels like selling
> pre-built devices, go right ahead, but that's not my intention...

Indeed, it was certainly my intention to publish all the design files.
I was also planning to make up a small batch of units, either fully
assembled or in kit form (mostly because it costs about the same to make
ten PCBs as it does to make one) for the benefit of anybody who didn't
want to do that themselves.

Including a clock on the board sounds like a good idea, and should be
easy enough to arrange.  Anybody who doesn't want that can just
depopulate the components.

p.