Date   : Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:25:04 +0100
From   : bbcmailinglist@... (Ian Wolstenholme)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

I've had CAT5 cable working for Econet, but not over any great distance.
I did a test a while back with RJ45 socket boxes linked together.  The easiest
way to make leads is to cut the DIN leads in half and crimp an RJ45 plug
on the end, no soldering required!  Hooray!

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Rob [mailto:robert@...]
To: bbc-micro@...
Sent: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:20:42 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 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.

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