Date   : Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:29:28 +0100
From   : julesrichardsonuk@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: Econet oddities

Rob wrote:
> I've not had cause to make up any cables recently (i.e. in the last 15
> years..) but I would think that using some Category 5 network cable
> would do the job.

My little 'test' Econet [1] is/was like that (it's not surfaced from the 
cupboard in a while ;)  - about 50cm of CAT5 either side of the (Acorn) clock 
box and a dual-socket distribution box (SJ I think) at each end of the network.

I seem to recall having a SJ terminator plugged into one distribution box, but 
can't recall what I did at the other end of the network. Anyway, it worked...

[1] I'd always assumed the 'Eco' was 'Economy', but I saw one (period) article 
recently stating that it was derived from the Greek to mean 'home' or 'local'. 
Unfortunately none of the early Acorn Econet docs I have give the history of 
the name, and I suspect it may well have evolved to mean 'economy' over time 
if it didn't start out that way...