Date   : Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:01:30 +0100
From   : acorn@... (Andy Ford)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

Your Belkin ones work really well, hence me grabbing a few more lately :)


Andy.


Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
> I think I must have been lucky with 5-pin DIN cables, I bought a batch
> from Maplins' on Oxford Rd, Manchester about 7 years ago when I was
> first getting going with Econet and they worked fine, and more recently
> I got hold of some Belkin ones which also work.
>
> I have had incorrectly wired cables in the past very occasionally, I
> remember one or two where they weren't wired pin-for-pin and they
> caused all kinds of havoc on the network till my FLAT Box discovered
> them.  They were moulded plugs but I can't remember how I came by
> them.
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Haysman [mailto:jumbos.bazzar@...]
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Sent: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:45:16 +0100
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Econet over UTP ?
>
> Thanks for that heads up. I had heard that from somewhere else, but I must 
> just have been lucky, as I've baught MIDI cables from several sources and 
> they've all been fully wired so have worked okay.
>
> I suppose we need to ask that seller if his connector is fully wired for it 
> to be of use...
>
> Mark.
>
>   
>>>> Having run out of DIN T-pieces and not being able to find
>>>>         
>> anywhere to
>>     
>>>> buy more, I've been thinking about acting on Michael's
>>>>         
>> suggestion and
>>     
>>>> building some PCBs along these lines.  Would anybody else be
>>>> interested
>>>> in buying some?
>>>>         
>> As MIDI cables are wired the same as Econet, these would do
>> the same thing
>> wouldn't they?
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330323578630
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>>     
> Be very careful with MIDI cables. MIDI only uses pins 2,4 and 5 (the
> middle 3), so some MIDI cables won't have pins 1 and 3 connected, and will
> be useless as Econet cables.
>
> I learnt the hard way by buying a few new short MIDI cables from CPC, 
> thinking
> they would be good for Econet leads, but found they were useless.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
> P.S. Does anyone need some MIDI cables? :-)
>
>
>
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