Date   : Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:23:14 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: The Beeb BBs Project

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> Back in Hong Kong I ran the following network:
>  
>                           AFE Office Network
>                           =================
>  
>            Econet   Econet                        Ethernet
>             net 4    net 3                         net 2
>               |        |             Unix            |
>               |        +-3.236------Server-----2.236-+

Interesting - how was the Econet interface on the Unix box implemented? Or was 
it a RISCiX machine running on Acorn hardware? (I have half a feeling that 
RISCiX supported Econet, although I could be wrong)

> There's provision for an A4000 that I have which has both econet
> and ethernet ports. Then, "my" network will encompass the entire
> world!  

I think you've left out a few other network protocols there :)



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