Acorn Econet Fileserver

[Jules Richardson]

Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On Nov 21 2005, 22:51, Jules Richardson wrote:
>>> Yes, two 3.5" floppies.  And I just happen to have a set :-)  One is
>>> for use with a Master 128 called "M128-FSUTILS"
>> Hmm, if you can ever do a raw image dump of that, shout! :-)
> 
> I have an ADFS E copy of the contents which I could zip/tar if that's
> any help.  Or if you have a spare DD 3.5" disk I can make a copy (I
> have some software to do that much).  I think what you're really
> looking for is the NetMgr program.

Hmm, well apparently the way to get around not knowing the password is to set 
up a fileserver on another disk (which may be a floppy) using the setup floppy 
- that way you end up with a bootable fileserver where you know the password. 
Then just treat the existing hard disk as a secondary store and you can 
explore it quite happily. It wouldn't surprise me if it was you who told me 
this (or Ian W) over on the BBC list about 4 months ago :-)

It didn't seem like the level-3 disks were out there on the 'net in any 
suitable form though.

I'm not sure what the best way of getting them to me is. I suppose having them 
on 5.25" is easier than 3.5", although I do have one beeb somewhere with a 
3.5" drive attached. Maybe a zip of the contents is the best plan, then I can 
drop them on the PC and use Xfer to get them across onto a beeb and onto 
whatever media makes most sense.

(I've never tried xfer for individual files, only for complete disk images, 
but it should work)

>> [Econet test box]
>>>> Amazingly I have this test box, I don't have the software.
>>> Ditto!  The test box pre-dates the Master series, though.  It was
>>> around when Beebs were.
>> Is that this critter? :
>>
>> http://www.beebmaster.co.uk/ETB.html
> 
> It is.

Hard to date it then. The only thing that springs to mind is that early Acorn 
clock boxes were in the same style of "bought from Maplin" cases :) 
(Actually, didn't the Econet software protocol change very early on... maybe 
such a unit - or at least the software - wouldn't even work on a typical 
'modern' Econet even if anyone did have a copy)

cheers

Jules