Date   : Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:27 +0100
From   : bbcmailinglist@... (Ian Wolstenholme)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

I think I must have been lucky with 5-pin DIN cables, I bought a batch
from Maplins' on Oxford Rd, Manchester about 7 years ago when I was
first getting going with Econet and they worked fine, and more recently
I got hold of some Belkin ones which also work.

I have had incorrectly wired cables in the past very occasionally, I
remember one or two where they weren't wired pin-for-pin and they
caused all kinds of havoc on the network till my FLAT Box discovered
them.  They were moulded plugs but I can't remember how I came by
them.

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Haysman [mailto:jumbos.bazzar@...]
To: bbc-micro@...
Sent: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:45:16 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Econet over UTP ?

Thanks for that heads up. I had heard that from somewhere else, but I must 
just have been lucky, as I've baught MIDI cables from several sources and 
they've all been fully wired so have worked okay.

I suppose we need to ask that seller if his connector is fully wired for it 
to be of use...

Mark.

> >> Having run out of DIN T-pieces and not being able to find
> anywhere to
> >> buy more, I've been thinking about acting on Michael's
> suggestion and
> >> building some PCBs along these lines.  Would anybody else be
> >> interested
> >> in buying some?
>
> As MIDI cables are wired the same as Econet, these would do
> the same thing
> wouldn't they?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330323578630
>
> Mark.
>
Be very careful with MIDI cables. MIDI only uses pins 2,4 and 5 (the
middle 3), so some MIDI cables won't have pins 1 and 3 connected, and will
be useless as Econet cables.

I learnt the hard way by buying a few new short MIDI cables from CPC, 
thinking
they would be good for Econet leads, but found they were useless.

Regards

Michael
P.S. Does anyone need some MIDI cables? :-)



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