Date   : Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:54:51 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Econet <> Ethernet

Wahay!!

The possibilities are now endless..  :-)

Does it work across t'internet .....?


Rob

On 27/07/2009, Mark Usher <mu.list@...> wrote:
> A brief update for all those interested.
>
> At approximately 19:30 BST - a fine summer evening as it turned out, Phil
> Blundell had an Alexander Graham Bell moment when he passed a packet from an
> Acorn 5000 on Ethernet to an MDFS on Econet via the "bridge" unit he had
> designed, and receiving a reply from the MDFS was able to log on
> successfully.
>
> About an hour later this was repeated by Mark Usher who has been working
> with Phil on the unit's firmware, logging on to a Filesnore E01S from a RISC
> PC on Ethernet proving that it was indeed no fluke. Attempts from BeebEm
> running on a laptop unfortunately have not yet been successful.
>
> Another historic milestone this year, first Rob with BeebEm adding more
> Econet and AUN functionality, Sprow and his wonderously ingenious Ethernet
> upgrade and now the long talked about Econet <> Ethernet bridge (name still
> being decided).
>
> Some say that even The Stig would nod knowingly in acknowledgement.
>
>
> -Mark
>
>
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