Date   : Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:20:42 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

Thanks for the replies; looks like it should work, so I'll have a go,
just as soon as I find the pair of Cat5 "splitters" I have (which turn
a single socket into two, by using two pairs each..)

2009/4/29  <michael.firth@...>:
>
> 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?
>

Well my first thought was to chop a flylead in half and just solder a
DIN on the exposed ends..

> 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.
>

What sprung to my mind, were I to be wiring up a new network, is a "T"
peice arrangement with a DIN plug and a pair of RJ45 sockets, all in
parallel.  Plug it in the back of the beeb, and you can then daisy
chain Beebs with standard Cat5 flyleads.