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S/+econ1
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.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_34.ADF |
| Filename: | S/+econ1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0748 bytes |
| Load address: | 2B206576 |
| Exec address: | 6E6F6365 |
File contents
Dominic Ford, 36 Tattenham Way, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5NJ. email: dominic@reigram.demon.co.uk I have recently gained access to the Reigate Grammar School computer storage cupboards, and was surprised by the amount of old Acorn technology there is there. I have found numerous books about BBC hardware, as well as a large amount of Econet hardware. The school is keen to sell this, and so please write to me if you want any Econet equipment. There are over a dozen BBC Econet module cards, which are on sale for #5 each. I may also be able to supply other leads and hardware items: please write if you have anything specific which you want, and I will try to find one for you and give you the price. If you want any information about Econets, please write to me either directly or through EUG, and I will try to answer your quiries from the books. Incidently, are there any readers out there who have managed to hook up their Electrons to an Econet? I can only find information about linking BBCs, and not Electrons. If you have managed it, please write into EUG and tell me how. Way back in the heady days when the Plus 3 was first released a number of people asked what about Plus 2. There was some debate as to what exactly the Plus 2 would be and this gradually changed to what the Plus 2 should have been. I was working in Whinchester General Hospital during the late 80s and believe it or not the computer system which they installed was Electrons and these were intended to communicate with each other by Econet. They also had Plus 3s attached. And the Econet module between the Electron and the Plus 3 was the Plus 2. The setup failed at great expense, not because of any intrinsic fault with the system because.... that's another story and one which I won't put into print for fear of appearing in the libel courts.
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Grammar Sc| 000000a0 68 6f 6f 6c 0d 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 73 74 |hool.computer st| 000000b0 6f 72 61 67 65 20 63 75 70 62 6f 61 72 64 73 2c |orage cupboards,| 000000c0 20 61 6e 64 20 77 61 73 20 73 75 72 70 72 69 73 | and was surpris| 000000d0 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 |ed by the amount| 000000e0 1a 20 6f 66 1a 20 6f 6c 64 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 0d |. of. old Acorn.| 000000f0 74 65 63 68 6e 6f 6c 6f 67 79 20 74 68 65 72 65 |technology there| 00000100 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 72 65 2e 20 49 20 68 61 76 | is there. I hav| 00000110 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 6e 75 6d 65 72 6f 75 73 |e found numerous| 00000120 20 62 6f 6f 6b 73 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 42 42 43 | books about BBC| 00000130 20 68 61 72 64 77 61 72 65 2c 0d 61 73 20 77 65 | hardware,.as we| 00000140 6c 6c 20 61 73 20 61 20 6c 61 72 67 65 1a 20 61 |ll as a large. a| 00000150 6d 6f 75 6e 74 1a 20 6f 66 20 45 63 6f 6e 65 74 |mount. of Econet| 00000160 20 68 61 72 64 77 61 72 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 | hardware. The s| 00000170 63 68 6f 6f 6c 20 69 73 20 6b 65 65 6e 20 74 6f |chool is keen to| 00000180 20 73 65 6c 6c 0d 74 68 69 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 | sell.this, and | 00000190 73 6f 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 |so please write | 000001a0 74 6f 20 6d 65 1a 20 69 66 1a 20 79 6f 75 1a 20 |to me. if. you. | 000001b0 77 61 6e 74 20 61 6e 79 20 45 63 6f 6e 65 74 20 |want any Econet | 000001c0 65 71 75 69 70 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 |equipment. There| 000001d0 0d 61 72 65 20 6f 76 65 72 20 61 20 64 6f 7a 65 |.are over a doze| 000001e0 6e 20 42 42 43 20 45 63 6f 6e 65 74 20 6d 6f 64 |n BBC Econet mod| 000001f0 75 6c 65 20 63 61 72 64 73 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 |ule cards, which| 00000200 20 61 72 65 20 6f 6e 20 73 61 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 | are on sale for| 00000210 20 23 35 20 65 61 63 68 2e 20 49 0d 6d 61 79 20 | #5 each. I.may | 00000220 61 6c 73 6f 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 |also be able to | 00000230 73 75 70 70 6c 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6c 65 61 |supply other lea| 00000240 64 73 20 61 6e 64 20 68 61 72 64 77 61 72 65 20 |ds and hardware | 00000250 69 74 65 6d 73 3a 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 77 72 |items: please wr| 00000260 69 74 65 20 69 66 0d 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 |ite if.you have | 00000270 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 |anything specifi| 00000280 63 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 |c which you want| 00000290 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 1a 20 74 72 |, and I will. tr| 000002a0 79 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 66 6f |y to find one fo| 000002b0 72 0d 79 6f 75 20 61 6e 64 20 67 69 76 65 20 79 |r.you and give y| 000002c0 6f 75 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 63 65 2e 0d 09 49 |ou the price...I| 000002d0 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 61 6e 79 20 69 |f you want any i| 000002e0 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 1a 20 61 62 6f 75 |nformation. abou| 000002f0 74 1a 20 45 63 6f 6e 65 74 73 2c 1a 20 70 6c 65 |t. Econets,. ple| 00000300 61 73 65 1a 20 77 72 69 74 65 1a 20 74 6f 1a 20 |ase. write. to. | 00000310 6d 65 0d 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 |me.either direct| 00000320 6c 79 20 6f 72 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 45 55 |ly or through EU| 00000330 47 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 72 |G, and I will tr| 00000340 79 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 20 79 6f 75 72 |y to answer your| 00000350 20 71 75 69 72 69 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 0d 74 68 | quiries from.th| 00000360 65 20 62 6f 6f 6b 73 2e 0d 09 49 6e 63 69 64 65 |e books...Incide| 00000370 6e 74 6c 79 2c 1a 20 61 72 65 1a 20 74 68 65 72 |ntly,. are. ther| 00000380 65 1a 20 61 6e 79 1a 20 72 65 61 64 65 72 73 20 |e. any. readers | 00000390 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 77 68 6f 20 68 61 |out there who ha| 000003a0 76 65 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 64 20 74 6f 0d 68 6f |ve managed to.ho| 000003b0 6f 6b 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 45 6c 65 63 |ok up their Elec| 000003c0 74 72 6f 6e 73 20 74 6f 1a 20 61 6e 1a 20 45 63 |trons to. an. 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If you| 00000420 20 68 61 76 65 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 64 20 69 74 | have managed it| 00000430 2c 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 69 |, please write i| 00000440 6e 74 6f 0d 45 55 47 20 61 6e 64 20 74 65 6c 6c |nto.EUG and tell| 00000450 20 6d 65 20 68 6f 77 2e 0d 0d 1c 57 61 79 20 62 | me how....Way b| 00000460 61 63 6b 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 68 65 61 64 79 |ack in the heady| 00000470 20 64 61 79 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 50 | days when the P| 00000480 6c 75 73 20 33 20 77 61 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 |lus 3 was first | 00000490 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 64 20 61 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 |released a numbe| 000004a0 72 20 6f 66 0d 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 61 73 6b 65 |r of.people aske| 000004b0 64 20 77 68 61 74 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 50 6c 75 |d what about Plu| 000004c0 73 20 32 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 77 61 73 20 73 |s 2. There was s| 000004d0 6f 6d 65 20 64 65 62 61 74 65 20 61 73 20 74 6f |ome debate as to| 000004e0 20 77 68 61 74 20 65 78 61 63 74 6c 79 0d 74 68 | what exactly.th| 000004f0 65 20 50 6c 75 73 20 32 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 |e Plus 2 would b| 00000500 65 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 72 61 64 75 |e and this gradu| 00000510 61 6c 6c 79 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |ally changed to | 00000520 77 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 50 6c 75 73 20 32 20 |what the Plus 2 | 00000530 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 0d 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e |should.have been| 00000540 2e 0d 0d 49 20 77 61 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 |...I was working| 00000550 20 69 6e 20 57 68 69 6e 63 68 65 73 74 65 72 20 | in Whinchester | 00000560 47 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 48 6f 73 70 69 74 61 6c |General Hospital| 00000570 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 74 65 | during the late| 00000580 20 38 30 73 20 61 6e 64 0d 62 65 6c 69 65 76 65 | 80s and.believe| 00000590 20 69 74 20 6f 72 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 | it or not the c| 000005a0 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 77 |omputer system w| 000005b0 68 69 63 68 20 74 68 65 79 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6c |hich they instal| 000005c0 6c 65 64 20 77 61 73 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e |led was Electron| 000005d0 73 0d 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 77 65 72 65 |s.and these were| 000005e0 20 69 6e 74 65 6e 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d | intended to com| 000005f0 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 65 61 |municate with ea| 00000600 63 68 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 62 79 20 45 63 6f 6e |ch other by Econ| 00000610 65 74 2e 20 54 68 65 79 0d 61 6c 73 6f 20 68 61 |et. They.also ha| 00000620 64 20 50 6c 75 73 20 33 73 20 61 74 74 61 63 68 |d Plus 3s attach| 00000630 65 64 2e 20 41 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 45 63 6f 6e |ed. And the Econ| 00000640 65 74 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 |et module betwee| 00000650 6e 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 61 |n the Electron a| 00000660 6e 64 0d 74 68 65 20 50 6c 75 73 20 33 20 77 61 |nd.the Plus 3 wa| 00000670 73 20 74 68 65 20 50 6c 75 73 20 32 2e 0d 0d 54 |s the Plus 2...T| 00000680 68 65 20 73 65 74 75 70 20 66 61 69 6c 65 64 20 |he setup failed | 00000690 61 74 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 65 78 70 65 6e 73 65 |at great expense| 000006a0 2c 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 6f 66 |, not because of| 000006b0 20 61 6e 79 20 69 6e 74 72 69 6e 73 69 63 20 66 | any intrinsic f| 000006c0 61 75 6c 74 20 77 69 74 68 0d 74 68 65 20 73 79 |ault with.the sy| 000006d0 73 74 65 6d 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 2e 2e 2e 2e |stem because....| 000006e0 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 | that's another | 000006f0 73 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 77 68 |story and one wh| 00000700 69 63 68 20 49 20 77 6f 6e 27 74 20 70 75 74 20 |ich I won't put | 00000710 69 6e 74 6f 0d 70 72 69 6e 74 20 66 6f 72 20 66 |into.print for f| 00000720 65 61 72 20 6f 66 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 69 6e 67 |ear of appearing| 00000730 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 62 65 6c 20 63 6f | in the libel co| 00000740 75 72 74 73 2e 1c 0d 0d |urts....| 00000748
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