Date   : Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:57:00 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: Back from Byte-Back!

me@... wrote:
> On 8 Mar 2009, at 19:39, Rob wrote:
> 
>> I  had another B and a RISC PC with me that could have joined in, but
>> had no room..  Even so, it was possibly the largest running econet
>> still about..
>>
>> I've never seen such a variety of machines on *STATIONS ... :-)
>>
>> When and where is it?  I'll have to plan it better than I did this one
>> if I'm going..
> 
> Wakefield is probably too far for me but I'll thinking about it - but  
> I'll definitely consider future beeb reunions wherever they may be.

I'm pretty gutted as I'm on the wrong side of the pond these days - I would 
have jumped at the chance otherwise.

> My beeb lacks any Econet hardware (actually I'm not even sure what  
> extra hardware is required - it has an econet port on the back but I  
> assume I'll need a ROM and maybe other gubbins), but if I can get hold  
> of the required stuff, next time I'd love to join in the Econet  
> Resurrection.

Hmm, someone figure out how to run Econet <-> TCP/IP <-> Econet via a 
transatlantic link, and in future years I'd be up for participating in the 
"world's most geographically huge network of beeb junk" :-)

cheers

Jules