Date   : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:26:12 +0100
From   : mfirth@... (Michael Firth)
Subject: Plans for the Econet Island @,Acorn World 09?

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Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Plans for the Econet Island @,Acorn World 09?


> On 7 Aug 2009, at 22:19, Michael Firth wrote:
>
>> Is it worth getting together a plan of Econet addresses? (assuming
>> people aren't planning to bring bridges) Its probably easier to have
>> your machines set up with addresses before arriving, rather than
>> having
>> to change links or run *SET at the show to sort out any clashes.
>
> I still think this is a good idea. In the absence of any other
> volunteers, if anyone is planning to bring machines for Econet Island,
> could you email me off-list with how many stations you'll need, and,
> (if you know) what they will be.
>
> I'll post a station number back to the list no later than a week
> before the show.
>
My original idea was more along the idea of allocating people who were
going a group of numbers, that they could then allocate to their machines.

Something along the lines of 20 'low' numbers each, plus one high 'server'
number.

That should be easier to co-ordinate, and has the advantage that at the
show it will be easy to tell who's machines are doing what.

Given that Rob wants the low numbers reserved for his BBS clients, I guess
that gives:

20-39
40-59
60-79
80-99
100-119
120-139
140-159
160-179
180-199
200-219

As 10 ranges, which I think covers the number of people that have expressed 
an
interest, and
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254

As the server numbers.

I hope that 20 machines is more than any one person is likely to bring.

I guess combining this with Ian S's idea would be to make a Wiki page 
listing the
ranges, and then people could go and put their name against them on a first 
come,
first grabbed basis.

Regards

Michael