Date   : Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:03:36
From   : Rob <robert@...>
Subject: Re: Econet Boxes (again)

At 15:40 11/07/2006, Joel Rowbottom wrote:

>Anyone got an Econet socket box to hand who can tell me the
>dimensions please? I've just got someone here offering me some black
>ABS boxes and if they're the right size I'll pop 'em in my bag ;)


About 20 years ago when ran out of the T pieces I'd been given by a
friend, I made up a network using generic ABS boxes and chasis-mount
DIN sockets.  About 2 metres of cable, each end with two boxes with
two sockets each.

Picture of one end here:
http://www.irrelevant.com/bbc/socketbox.jpg

(Sorry it's a bit dusty!)  The contraption plugged in the left hand
end is a termintator...

Sockets are all simply wired in parallel - nothing special at
all.  Because they were chassis mount, no pcb or special mounting
needed.  Just cut a hole in the lid and a couple of small screws to
hold them in place.

At the time this lived in one room, and a 10M length of some really
thick cable (which I think was an offcut from a school installation)
ran to two more machines using the T pieces at that end.

It worked great for several years, and is still doing so again now!

Rob