Date   : Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:38:50 +0100
From   : info@... (Sprow)
Subject: Plans for the Econet Island @,Acorn World 09?

In article <1250886675.7285.9.camel@...>,
   Steven Flintham <mlist@...> 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, 
> Really sorry if this is a dumb question, but why isn't it just a
> *CONFIGURE option on the Master? 

Security of sorts, you don't want just anyone able to fiddle with the
network address. The value is stored in the same CMOS RAM but the OSByte
interface and *CONFIGURE interface forbid access,
Sprow.