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Econet was Acorn Computers's low-cost local area network system, intended for use by schools and small businesses. ''Econet'' is rumoured to be an abbreviation of Economy Network, but Acorn were always careful to stress the Greek root, ''oikos'', meaning "house". == Implementation history == Econet was first developed for the Acorn Atom and Acorn System 2/3/4 computers in 1981. Also in that year the BBC Microcomputer was released, initially with provision for floppy disc and Econet interfaces but without the necessary hardware fitted, intended to be supplied as future upgrades. In 1982 the Tasmania Department of Education requested a tender for the supply of personal computers to their schools. Earlier that year Barson Computers, Acorn's Australian computer distributor, had released the BBC Microcomputer with floppy disc storage as part of a bundle. Acorn's Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry agreed to allow it to be also offered with Econet fitted, as they had previously done with the disc interface. As previously with the Disc Filing System, they stipulated that Barson would need to adapt the network filing system from the System 2 without assistance from Acorn. Barson's engineers applied a few modifications to fix bugs on the early BBC Micro motherboards, which were adopted by Acorn in later releases. With both floppy disc and networking available, the BBC Micro was approved for use in schools by all state and territory education authorities in Australia and New Zealand, and quickly overtook the Apple II as the computer of choice in private schools. With no other supporting documentation available, the head of Barson's Acorn division, Rob Napier, published ''Networking with the BBC Microcomputer'', the first reference documentation for Econet. Econet was officially released for the BBC Micro in the UK in 1984, and it later became popular as a networking system for the Acorn Archimedes. Econet was eventually supported on all post-Atom Acorn machines, apart from the Electron (except in Australia and New Zealand where Barson Computers built their own Econet daughter board), the A3010, and the eventually-cancelled Phoebe 2100. Econet was supported by Acorn MOS, RISC OS and RISC iX. Acorn once received an offer from Commodore International to license the technology, which it refused. An "Ecolink" ISA interface card for IBM-compatible PCs was available.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PC Econet Interface )〕 It used Microsoft's MS-NET Redirector for MS-DOS to provide file and printer sharing via the NET USE command. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Econet was Acorn Computers's low-cost local area network system, intended for use by schools and small businesses. ''Econet'' is rumoured to be an abbreviation of Economy Network, but Acorn were always careful to stress the Greek root, ''oikos'', meaning "house".== Implementation history ==Econet was first developed for the Acorn Atom and Acorn System 2/3/4 computers in 1981. Also in that year the BBC Microcomputer was released, initially with provision for floppy disc and Econet interfaces but without the necessary hardware fitted, intended to be supplied as future upgrades.In 1982 the Tasmania Department of Education requested a tender for the supply of personal computers to their schools. Earlier that year Barson Computers, Acorn's Australian computer distributor, had released the BBC Microcomputer with floppy disc storage as part of a bundle. Acorn's Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry agreed to allow it to be also offered with Econet fitted, as they had previously done with the disc interface. As previously with the Disc Filing System, they stipulated that Barson would need to adapt the network filing system from the System 2 without assistance from Acorn. Barson's engineers applied a few modifications to fix bugs on the early BBC Micro motherboards, which were adopted by Acorn in later releases. With both floppy disc and networking available, the BBC Micro was approved for use in schools by all state and territory education authorities in Australia and New Zealand, and quickly overtook the Apple II as the computer of choice in private schools.With no other supporting documentation available, the head of Barson's Acorn division, Rob Napier, published ''Networking with the BBC Microcomputer'',the first reference documentation for Econet.Econet was officially released for the BBC Micro in the UK in 1984, and it later became popular as a networking system for the Acorn Archimedes. Econet was eventually supported on all post-Atom Acorn machines, apart from the Electron (except in Australia and New Zealand where Barson Computers built their own Econet daughter board), the A3010, and the eventually-cancelled Phoebe 2100.Econet was supported by Acorn MOS, RISC OS and RISC iX. Acorn once received an offer from Commodore International to license the technology, which it refused.An "Ecolink" ISA interface card for IBM-compatible PCswas available.(【引用サイトリンク】title=PC Econet Interface )It used Microsoft's MS-NET Redirector for MS-DOS to provide file and printer sharing via the NET USE command.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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