Date   : Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:43:28 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Null Modem Cable

On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 19:23 +0100, Greg Cook wrote:
> So why is there a 5 pin 180deg socket on the Econet?  In the Beeb's
> heyday, those machines that had Econet were generally installed by
> professionals, complete with cable... and no cassette.
> Hence 8 pin offset sockets were an overspecification for an "Eco" net. 
> Or it may have been an existing Acorn standard.

Remember that Econet was around for the System and Atom machines well
before the beeb though, and it was pretty rare to have a disk unit for
the Atom (less so for the System).

Probably was just a cost thing I expect.

cheers

Jules