Date   : Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:50:04 -0000
From   : "David Hunt" <dm.hunt@...>
Subject: Re: fileservers

> Quick question that borders on OT I'm afraid..
> 
> I was lucky enough to pick up a A5000 yesterday (boxed, even with
> pretty coloured sleeve, and a boxed AKF18 monitor, too!), with
> 40+200Mb hard discs (well 2 drives show up on screen..) in it.
> 
> Now I think I can add econet to this by just plugging in a standard
> module, which I have..  Can I run any econet fileserver software on
> it though?
> 
> I had been intending to setup a Beeb or Master + GoMMC as a Level 3
> server, but keep thinking I want to use the GoMMC for day to day
> stuff too, so haven't actually got around to completing my network
> layout yet.  If I can use the A5000, though, this would be ideal for
> me ..  So .. What do I need...?

I have a brand new boxed copy of Acorn's Econet Level 4 (Issue 2) on three
ADFS DD 3.5" discs. I have put the images of these discs at;

<http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ws.alexander/beeb/econet4/>

One day, I will scan the manuals unless someone has done it already. I had a
quick flip through, apparently, Level 4 allows integration between IP
networks and Econet, I can feel the hair growing on the palms of my hands
already! I've also got an ex-Acorn A540 with a development OS that needed a
bigger HDD but the 3.2Gb SCSI drive is too big (it seems) so I kinda left
that little project buried in the understairs cupboard ready for my mid-life
crisis.

Dave ;)