Date   : Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:51:32 +0100
From   : Phil Blundell <philb@...>
Subject: Re: Getting A5000s on Econet

On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 11:14 +0100, Kris Adcock wrote:
> I have had one or two requests from friends who want a semi-decent 
> machine to use as an Econet fileserver. I have three A5000s with 
> Econet sockets, so I've been looking through each one with a view to 
> cleaning them up and passing them on.
> 
> None of the A5000s have any mention of Econet either as apps on the 
> harddisc or in the *modules list. Do I need to enter a * command? Or 
> do I just need to have the machine connected to a valid Econet network 
> before I turn it on, in order to activate the correct modules?

You probably don't have the Econet expansion module fitted.  This is the
same daughtercard as used in the Master and older Archimedes machines.
The Econet software is built in to the A5000 ROMs, but it won't start up
unless the hardware is present.

p.