Date   : Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:03:36 +0100
From   : Rob <robert@...>
Subject: Re: Econet Boxes (again)

At 15:40 11/07/2006, Joel Rowbottom wrote:

>Anyone got an Econet socket box to hand who can tell me the 
>dimensions please? I've just got someone here offering me some black 
>ABS boxes and if they're the right size I'll pop 'em in my bag ;)


About 20 years ago when ran out of the T pieces I'd been given by a 
friend, I made up a network using generic ABS boxes and chasis-mount 
DIN sockets.  About 2 metres of cable, each end with two boxes with 
two sockets each.

Picture of one end here:
http://www.irrelevant.com/bbc/socketbox.jpg

(Sorry it's a bit dusty!)  The contraption plugged in the left hand 
end is a termintator...

Sockets are all simply wired in parallel - nothing special at 
all.  Because they were chassis mount, no pcb or special mounting 
needed.  Just cut a hole in the lid and a couple of small screws to 
hold them in place.

At the time this lived in one room, and a 10M length of some really 
thick cable (which I think was an offcut from a school installation) 
ran to two more machines using the T pieces at that end.

It worked great for several years, and is still doing so again now!

Rob