Acorn Econet Fileserver

[Pete Turnbull]

On Nov 22 2005, 12:45, Jules Richardson wrote:
> Pete Turnbull wrote:

> 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.

Well, that's fine for a Filestore.  I'm not sure it'll work for a Level
3 Fileserver, because that expects to just use a winchester.  I'm
willing to be proven wrong, however.

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

Didn't I give you one last time you were here?

> 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.

That won't work.  Those disks are 3.5" disks for a Filestore, in
Filestore format.  How are you going to write Filestore format from a
zip archive?

> 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)

They are Vero cases.  Not particularly cheap.  No, the software
protocol didn't change.  Anyway, that wouldn't affect the test
circuits.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York