Date   : Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:43:19 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Master ethernet upgrade

On 23/07/2009, Ian Wolstenholme <bbcmailinglist@...> wrote:
> The Econet interface in that machine doesn't actually work.  It appeared
> to be a bit of home-made unfinished business when it was sold to me a
> few years back.  Sometimes the Beeb won't power up at all, sometimes
> you get a different station number, all depending on where you apply
> pressure on the board that plugs into the motherboard.  Even when it
> works, unfortunately it won't connect to the network, just gives No clock
> or Net error or Line jammed.  I don't recall it stopping the rest of the
> network, but I think I've only tested it in fairly isolated circumstances.
>

Well looking at the photos, it's using some rather ropey looking ic
sockets to connect into the motherboard ... maybe using some proper
pins would make it more reliable..








> That's not to say that something similar couldn't be used to plug the
> Master Ethernet Module (which is totally brilliant by the way and solves
> all my file transfer problems) into a BBC B.
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Haysman [mailto:jumbos.bazzar@...]
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Sent: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:47:44 +0100
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Master ethernet upgrade
>
>> Please note: for electrical reasons this upgrade can only be fitted to a
>> Master or Master Compact,
>> Sprow.
>
> I knew I'd seen this somewhere, turns out to be on Ian W's site!!
>
> http://www.beebmaster.co.uk/Econet/BBCBSpEc.html
>
> Could you use that adaptor to use these in a B? Taking into account a
> rewrite of the code, or fitting a C type processor?
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
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