Date   : Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:46:05 +0000
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: [OT] No wonder CompSci graduates are unemployed

samwise wrote:
>> Well there is already the Beeb IP-over-econet code and ROMs. ?I think
...
> BeebEm econet support - Rob C (aka irrelevant).
> Ethernet module for the Master - Sprow
> Does that sound right?  Are/have there been any other related projects?

Basic BBC IP over Econet with BBC telnet client:
   http://mdfs.net/Apps/Networking/EcoTCP
Documents on IP over Econet and Econet over IP:
   http://mdfs.net/Docs/Comp/Econet

When working at AFE in Hong Kong I had machines talking
to each other with IP over Econet, IP over Ethernet,
Econet over IP and Econet over Econet. The Econet network
was: http://mdfs.net/User/JGH/Docs/AFE/Network. At some
point I'll try and remember how the Ethernet parts were
connected.

> In theory, then, one could send messages between emulators
> and real beebs. How feasible is that?

*I AM 86.170.220.119 JGH password ;)

Very feasible, it's just all of us haven't got around to
putting the correct combinations of hardware and software
together.

> Is finding an ethernet card for a RISC OS machine troublesome?

I've got 4 A4000s with both Econet and Ethernet. I've still
got them in storage from moving house, though.

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