My Econet

I have my own little Econet of BBC and Acorn Computers, which I started in 2002 and has been a permanent feature of BeebMaster Towers ever since. I have started rebuilding this page from November 2024 as it had become very out-of-date! Some of you may know that I moved house in February 2024, and with me still being over 2 years behind with the picture set updates, nothing since my move has yet appeared online! Until the new pictures start to arrive, much of the table below doesn't have any links to new picture sets. I've kept the previous version of this page - dating from about September 2013 - as the first link for reference. The remainder of the table below gives a full description of the configuration and status of my network as at November 2024:

My Econet 2013 Archive Page	The previous, but more descriptive, version of this page, from 2013.
Timeline	This page gives a brief history of my Econet, from its beginnings in 2002 to the present day.
BeebRoom 2019	See the progress of my original "BeebRoom", which began to take shape in 2019.
BeebRoom 2024	Yet to come, my new BeebRoom from March 2024 onwards.
Station 1 BBC Master 128	Once my workhorse Beeb, Station 1 now retains its function as my word-processing and printing station.
Station 35 Acorn Archimedes 305	The earliest Archimedes, brought back to life, and fitted with Econet and hard drive.
Station 42 Acorn Archimedes 420/1	A RISC OS 2 Archimedes station.
Station 44 Acorn A4	Restored to life, my Red Tigress Acorn A4.
Station 50 Acorn A5000	Acorn's sturdiest machine, made of girders.
Station 60 RISC PC 700	The latest real Acorn on my Econet, with Econet Podule and Ethernet NIC so I can use it as a gateway between Econet and my NFS shares, and as a Level 4 file server.
Station 86 BeebMaster Domesday Machine	The original Domesday Machine and now permanent exhibit on my Econet.
Station 87 Domesday II	My second Domesday Machine.
Station 112 BBC Master 128	Back from the dead, this former ad hoc workhorse is now a permanent fixture as my Winchester test rig.
Station 114 BBC Master Turbo	Station 112's replacement during its years of death.
Station 128 BBC Model B	Still my principal BBC B, Station 128 finally has a dual floppy disc drive.
Station 129 BBC Model B	The second BBC B on my Econet, and the oldest, being an issue 2, and now at least 42 years old.
Station 130 BBC Model B	My newest BBC Micro, and the third Model B on my Econet.
Station 200 BBC Master Turbo	My original, and still main, Level 3 Econet file server station.
Station 201 BBC Master 512	Now my main workhorse Master, most often used as a Master 128 rather than 512, and in regular use as my general programming, HTMLGEN and screen capture station.
Station 252 FileStore E01 FileStore E20	Once my main Econet file server, the E01 with E20 hard disc has been revived and renumbered as Station 252 on my Econet.
Station 253 FileStore E01S FileStore E40S	My FileStore E01S and E40S, commissioned as Station 253 in October 2024 to become a permanent Station on my Econet.
Station 254 Raspberry Pi Econet Bridge	Pi 4 desktop computer and PiFS file server all in one!
Econet Clock BeebMaster Issue 2 Clock	A new clock since the revival of the BeebMaster Clock, runs the whole show.
Network Wiring	The current Econet is linked together with BeebMaster Econet socket hubs, wiring and terminators.