Date   : Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:37:46 +0100
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: Plans for the Econet Island @,Acorn World 09?

On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 21:31 +0100, Steven Flintham wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 14:00 +0100, Michael Firth wrote:
> > For the Master, which I think may be what you asking for, you need *SET, and
> 
> Really sorry if this is a dumb question, but why isn't it just a
> *CONFIGURE option on the Master?

Because *CONFIGURE would be too easy for casual users to abuse: you'd
end up with a roomful of computers all set to be station 254.  It's the
same on the Archimedes and for the same reason.

p.