Date   : Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:28:40 +0100
From   : famrowland@... (Andrew Rowland)
Subject: Seeking Econet Micro Guide book

HI Mark,

I don't have that particular book, but I do have various User Guides, 
Advanced UGs, Installation Guides etc, gleaned, I believe, from Stairway 
to Hell, or possibly the BBC Documentation Project. Try here: 
http://www.8bs.com/othrdnld/manuals/econet.shtml snd PM me if you need more.

I know what it is to have available to you a book you are already 
familiar with, but in the case of Econet, you should find all the 
information you need from these sources. Make sure you consult the 
relevant guide for the version of Econet that you are using -- it did 
develop quite a lot during its lifetime and later guides are needed for 
later iterations.

I recall getting an flyer from a company (whose name I have forgotten) 
sent to my school advertising a whole list of Econet utilities. I set 
myself the challenge of writing my own version of each of them, and got 
quite a long way down the list. It was great fun. I even used some of 
them in my classroom work -- though as a teacher at the time I 
definitely disapproved of pupils raising hell on the net. It just cost 
me time sorting it out (and closing any loopholes!)

Andrew


On 04.08.2019 04:31, Mark Ashley wrote:
> I once had a copy of this book but seem to have mislaid it. Does 
> anyone have a copy they'd happily sell to a loving home, or a PDF etc? 
> It was quite useful in its day! We raised merry hell on our school 
> nets :)
>
> ta,
> Mark
>
> The Econet Micro Guide, Christopher Dawkins, Longman, 1985.
> ISBN 0582362156 9780582362154
>
> Cover pic:
> http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/archive.pl?type=Books&platform=BBC%20Micro&publisher=Longman