Date   : Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:23:21 +0100
From   : Rob <robert@...>
Subject: Re: The Beeb BBs Project

At 15:44 12/07/2006, Ian Wolstenholme wrote:


>The idea would be that I have would a BBC Master at the helm with a modem
>running a specially written bit of software to deal with data coming into it
>from the modem, communicate with the MDFS and then send the data back
>to the remote user via the modem.
>
>The remote user wouldn't necessarily have to have Econet because it would
>all be happening over the modem, so he would dial in to the system using
>terminal software and the probably get a message back from me saying "you
>are now connected".  From that point on, the remote user types Econet
>commands into the terminal software, starting with *I AM to log on and
>the BBC Master at my end looks him up in the passwords file and sends back
>directory information when requested etc.

Hmmm.... from that, it sounds like you're basically giving the users 
command line access to the beeb at your end.  I'm not sure that it 
would be any easier, unless you could use something like the <mini on 
a serial port> filing system discusse previous that I can't find the 
name of right now..

Now what would be interesting is if you were to use an 
Econet-Ethernet bridge (were we just waiting on software to finish 
that project?) to directly hang the MDFS on the internet; that way 
the rest of us could access it directly, either using the same to get 
a beeb online, or directly from an emulator ..!

Now that would be cool... classic hardware at each end!

Rob