Date   : Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:06:00 +0100
From   : michael.firth@... (michael.firth@bt.com)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> bbc-micro-bounces+michael.firth=bt.com@... 
> [mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+michael.firth=bt.com@...
> .uk] On Behalf Of Joel Rowbottom
> Sent: 29 April 2009 15:51
> To: Rob
> Cc: BBC micro mailing list
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Econet over UTP ?
> 
> Hiya --
> 
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:04:54 +0100, Rob <robert@...> wrote:
> 
> > Has anybody tried running standard econet over UTP 
> (category 5) cable
> > over a reasonable distance (20M or so)?
> 
> Worked in the past for me running my house Econet from the 
> garage to my
> office over the structured cabling we installed 6 or so years ago.
> 
> 5-pin DIN to UTP connectors are pretty easy to sort too.
> 

Is there any off the shelf offering that does this conversion , or do you
just mean that it is easy to make up a 5-pin DIN to UTP adapter or lead with
a soldering iron?

One thought I had for an 'easy Econet' kit was to make up PCBs that had 2
5-pin DIN sockets and 2 RJ45 sockets, and then any size of Econet could be
made up by stringing those together with standard CAT5 cables.

Regards

Michael