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Telnet/Bootnet/!BootNet/!Help

This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.

Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.

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Filename: Telnet/Bootnet/!BootNet/!Help
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File size: 02C6 bytes
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File contents
!BootNet
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!BootNet enables AUN software modules to be soft-loaded onto an AUN 
client station. This is necessary when the client station is fitted 
with a network interface card which is NOT equipped with an AUN client 
ROM. For example, !BootNet will always be needed to set up a client 
station connected to an Econet network, as the Econet hardware module 
cannot carry an AUN client ROM. 

You will also need to run !Bootnet if you have run !Internet, as you
do when you run !MailServ. In this case !Bootnet ensures the NetI 
module is loaded to enable communication with Level 4 systems.

You may also need to alter the file !Bootnet.Files.AddMaps
There are some notes in the file to help you.


00000000  21 42 6f 6f 74 4e 65 74  0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d  |!BootNet.-------|
00000010  2d 0a 0a 21 42 6f 6f 74  4e 65 74 20 65 6e 61 62  |-..!BootNet enab|
00000020  6c 65 73 20 41 55 4e 20  73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65  |les AUN software|
00000030  20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73  20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 73  | modules to be s|
00000040  6f 66 74 2d 6c 6f 61 64  65 64 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20  |oft-loaded onto |
00000050  61 6e 20 41 55 4e 20 0a  63 6c 69 65 6e 74 20 73  |an AUN .client s|
00000060  74 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20  54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20  |tation. This is |
00000070  6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72  79 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74  |necessary when t|
00000080  68 65 20 63 6c 69 65 6e  74 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f  |he client statio|
00000090  6e 20 69 73 20 66 69 74  74 65 64 20 0a 77 69 74  |n is fitted .wit|
000000a0  68 20 61 20 6e 65 74 77  6f 72 6b 20 69 6e 74 65  |h a network inte|
000000b0  72 66 61 63 65 20 63 61  72 64 20 77 68 69 63 68  |rface card which|
000000c0  20 69 73 20 4e 4f 54 20  65 71 75 69 70 70 65 64  | is NOT equipped|
000000d0  20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e  20 41 55 4e 20 63 6c 69  | with an AUN cli|
000000e0  65 6e 74 20 0a 52 4f 4d  2e 20 46 6f 72 20 65 78  |ent .ROM. For ex|
000000f0  61 6d 70 6c 65 2c 20 21  42 6f 6f 74 4e 65 74 20  |ample, !BootNet |
00000100  77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 77  61 79 73 20 62 65 20 6e  |will always be n|
00000110  65 65 64 65 64 20 74 6f  20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20  |eeded to set up |
00000120  61 20 63 6c 69 65 6e 74  20 0a 73 74 61 74 69 6f  |a client .statio|
00000130  6e 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63  74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61  |n connected to a|
00000140  6e 20 45 63 6f 6e 65 74  20 6e 65 74 77 6f 72 6b  |n Econet network|
00000150  2c 20 61 73 20 74 68 65  20 45 63 6f 6e 65 74 20  |, as the Econet |
00000160  68 61 72 64 77 61 72 65  20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20  |hardware module |
00000170  0a 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20  63 61 72 72 79 20 61 6e  |.cannot carry an|
00000180  20 41 55 4e 20 63 6c 69  65 6e 74 20 52 4f 4d 2e  | AUN client ROM.|
00000190  20 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 77  69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 73 6f  | ..You will also|
000001a0  20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f  20 72 75 6e 20 21 42 6f  | need to run !Bo|
000001b0  6f 74 6e 65 74 20 69 66  20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76  |otnet if you hav|
000001c0  65 20 72 75 6e 20 21 49  6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 2c  |e run !Internet,|
000001d0  20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 0a  64 6f 20 77 68 65 6e 20  | as you.do when |
000001e0  79 6f 75 20 72 75 6e 20  21 4d 61 69 6c 53 65 72  |you run !MailSer|
000001f0  76 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 68  69 73 20 63 61 73 65 20  |v. In this case |
00000200  21 42 6f 6f 74 6e 65 74  20 65 6e 73 75 72 65 73  |!Bootnet ensures|
00000210  20 74 68 65 20 4e 65 74  49 20 0a 6d 6f 64 75 6c  | the NetI .modul|
00000220  65 20 69 73 20 6c 6f 61  64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 65  |e is loaded to e|
00000230  6e 61 62 6c 65 20 63 6f  6d 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74  |nable communicat|
00000240  69 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68  20 4c 65 76 65 6c 20 34  |ion with Level 4|
00000250  20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 73  2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6d  | systems...You m|
00000260  61 79 20 61 6c 73 6f 20  6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20  |ay also need to |
00000270  61 6c 74 65 72 20 74 68  65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 21  |alter the file !|
00000280  42 6f 6f 74 6e 65 74 2e  46 69 6c 65 73 2e 41 64  |Bootnet.Files.Ad|
00000290  64 4d 61 70 73 0a 54 68  65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20  |dMaps.There are |
000002a0  73 6f 6d 65 20 6e 6f 74  65 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68  |some notes in th|
000002b0  65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74  6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 79  |e file to help y|
000002c0  6f 75 2e 0a 0a 0a                                 |ou....|
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