Now have working Acorn Econet via PiEconetBridge networking!
#Acorn #AcornArchmides #RiscOS #AcornEconet #RetroComputing
#Acorn #AcornArchmides #RiscOS #AcornEconet #RetroComputing
May 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Now have working Acorn Econet via PiEconetBridge networking!
#Acorn #AcornArchmides #RiscOS #AcornEconet #RetroComputing
#Acorn #AcornArchmides #RiscOS #AcornEconet #RetroComputing
In anticipation of June's Econet LAN Party at @tnmoc.bsky.social, I've updated #Elite over #Econet.
It now supports flicker-free graphics, up to 100 players in multiplayer, better server support and more. Game on!
Details: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#bbcmicro #retrocomputing #retrogaming
It now supports flicker-free graphics, up to 100 players in multiplayer, better server support and more. Game on!
Details: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#bbcmicro #retrocomputing #retrogaming
March 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In anticipation of June's Econet LAN Party at @tnmoc.bsky.social, I've updated #Elite over #Econet.
It now supports flicker-free graphics, up to 100 players in multiplayer, better server support and more. Game on!
Details: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#bbcmicro #retrocomputing #retrogaming
It now supports flicker-free graphics, up to 100 players in multiplayer, better server support and more. Game on!
Details: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#bbcmicro #retrocomputing #retrogaming
While the Education Team were away last weekend, our Acorn Team made some essential upgrades 🔧 All of our classroom BBC Micros can now play Mark Moxon’s Econet Scoreboard Elite! Just in time for our upcoming Econet LAN Party!
Book your ticket ➡️ buff.ly/BwJDTsE
Book your ticket ➡️ buff.ly/BwJDTsE
May 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
While the Education Team were away last weekend, our Acorn Team made some essential upgrades 🔧 All of our classroom BBC Micros can now play Mark Moxon’s Econet Scoreboard Elite! Just in time for our upcoming Econet LAN Party!
Book your ticket ➡️ buff.ly/BwJDTsE
Book your ticket ➡️ buff.ly/BwJDTsE
Today I managed to get BeebEm working over Econet via my PiEconetBridge!
June 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today I managed to get BeebEm working over Econet via my PiEconetBridge!
Guess what happens when you challenge a passionate community to build the biggest Econet network they can ?
The answer: CLOUD ECONET!
Yesterday's results are in:
🌐 103 stations on the Econ Econet
☁️ 35 of those running on the cloud!
Incredible work by everyone involved!
The answer: CLOUD ECONET!
Yesterday's results are in:
🌐 103 stations on the Econ Econet
☁️ 35 of those running on the cloud!
Incredible work by everyone involved!
June 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Guess what happens when you challenge a passionate community to build the biggest Econet network they can ?
The answer: CLOUD ECONET!
Yesterday's results are in:
🌐 103 stations on the Econ Econet
☁️ 35 of those running on the cloud!
Incredible work by everyone involved!
The answer: CLOUD ECONET!
Yesterday's results are in:
🌐 103 stations on the Econ Econet
☁️ 35 of those running on the cloud!
Incredible work by everyone involved!
Yay, connected to the global Econet. Acorn Econet over the internet. Connected via an PiEconetBridge.
#RetroComputing #Acorn #Econet #RiscOS #PiEconetBridge
#RetroComputing #Acorn #Econet #RiscOS #PiEconetBridge
June 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Yay, connected to the global Econet. Acorn Econet over the internet. Connected via an PiEconetBridge.
#RetroComputing #Acorn #Econet #RiscOS #PiEconetBridge
#RetroComputing #Acorn #Econet #RiscOS #PiEconetBridge
This year's Econet LAN Party was huge fun, here's some of what we got up to: youtu.be/gVpIb4K7e7Y
Econet LAN Party 2026
YouTube video by Colin Hoad
youtu.be
May 20, 2026 at 8:06 AM
This year's Econet LAN Party was huge fun, here's some of what we got up to: youtu.be/gVpIb4K7e7Y
Massive thanks to our phenomenal team! 🙌 They've worked tirelessly and are now completely set up for the Econet LAN Party 2025. Get ready for an incredible weekend of connecting, sharing, and creating 2025's biggest Econet network!
#EconetLANParty #AcornComputers #RetroComputing #LANParty
#EconetLANParty #AcornComputers #RetroComputing #LANParty
June 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Massive thanks to our phenomenal team! 🙌 They've worked tirelessly and are now completely set up for the Econet LAN Party 2025. Get ready for an incredible weekend of connecting, sharing, and creating 2025's biggest Econet network!
#EconetLANParty #AcornComputers #RetroComputing #LANParty
#EconetLANParty #AcornComputers #RetroComputing #LANParty
This morning's lows were frigid, especially where a deep snowpack remains. 🥶
Among our ECONet, this was the coldest day in Salisbury (-2°F) since Jan. 2017, the coldest on record in Wallace (4°F) dating back to 2008, and the coldest in Whiteville (5°F) since Dec. 1989! #ncwx
Among our ECONet, this was the coldest day in Salisbury (-2°F) since Jan. 2017, the coldest on record in Wallace (4°F) dating back to 2008, and the coldest in Whiteville (5°F) since Dec. 1989! #ncwx
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
This morning's lows were frigid, especially where a deep snowpack remains. 🥶
Among our ECONet, this was the coldest day in Salisbury (-2°F) since Jan. 2017, the coldest on record in Wallace (4°F) dating back to 2008, and the coldest in Whiteville (5°F) since Dec. 1989! #ncwx
Among our ECONet, this was the coldest day in Salisbury (-2°F) since Jan. 2017, the coldest on record in Wallace (4°F) dating back to 2008, and the coldest in Whiteville (5°F) since Dec. 1989! #ncwx
It can also run Elite over Econet, both from my local fileserver and from my Elite fileserver in the National Museum of Computing’s Econet Cloud.
If you have a PiEconetBridge, you can do the same by typing:
*I AM 63.13 BOOT
Which is very cool indeed.
(4/8)
If you have a PiEconetBridge, you can do the same by typing:
*I AM 63.13 BOOT
Which is very cool indeed.
(4/8)
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It can also run Elite over Econet, both from my local fileserver and from my Elite fileserver in the National Museum of Computing’s Econet Cloud.
If you have a PiEconetBridge, you can do the same by typing:
*I AM 63.13 BOOT
Which is very cool indeed.
(4/8)
If you have a PiEconetBridge, you can do the same by typing:
*I AM 63.13 BOOT
Which is very cool indeed.
(4/8)
Late night Econet tomfoolery 😄
May 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Late night Econet tomfoolery 😄
You said the magic words there: Econet Elite!!
July 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
You said the magic words there: Econet Elite!!
Guest speaker alert!
Laurence Hardwick joins us at Econet LAN Party 2025.
A key engineer behind Acorn’s Econet & Ethernet products and contributor to the BBC Micro, Laurence brings first-hand insight from the heyday of 8-bit networking.
Hear his story:
Laurence Hardwick joins us at Econet LAN Party 2025.
A key engineer behind Acorn’s Econet & Ethernet products and contributor to the BBC Micro, Laurence brings first-hand insight from the heyday of 8-bit networking.
Hear his story:
May 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Guest speaker alert!
Laurence Hardwick joins us at Econet LAN Party 2025.
A key engineer behind Acorn’s Econet & Ethernet products and contributor to the BBC Micro, Laurence brings first-hand insight from the heyday of 8-bit networking.
Hear his story:
Laurence Hardwick joins us at Econet LAN Party 2025.
A key engineer behind Acorn’s Econet & Ethernet products and contributor to the BBC Micro, Laurence brings first-hand insight from the heyday of 8-bit networking.
Hear his story:
So my dev system consists of an original Acorn Electron with these modern add-ons: Ramtop's Plus 1 Mini; 0xC0DE's Electroniq/max65; roland's Econet card; and ukwebb's elkEconet case.
I love that my favourite computers also have my favourite community. Here’s to Enhanced Econet Electron Elite! (7/7)
I love that my favourite computers also have my favourite community. Here’s to Enhanced Econet Electron Elite! (7/7)
May 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So my dev system consists of an original Acorn Electron with these modern add-ons: Ramtop's Plus 1 Mini; 0xC0DE's Electroniq/max65; roland's Econet card; and ukwebb's elkEconet case.
I love that my favourite computers also have my favourite community. Here’s to Enhanced Econet Electron Elite! (7/7)
I love that my favourite computers also have my favourite community. Here’s to Enhanced Econet Electron Elite! (7/7)
I also want to bring Electron Elite into the Econet fraternity. Stardot user roland has built a board that plugs into the Plus 1's cartridge socket and provides an Econet port and eight links that you can use to set the station number.
It works amazingly well. (5/7)
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
It works amazingly well. (5/7)
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
May 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I also want to bring Electron Elite into the Econet fraternity. Stardot user roland has built a board that plugs into the Plus 1's cartridge socket and provides an Econet port and eight links that you can use to set the station number.
It works amazingly well. (5/7)
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
It works amazingly well. (5/7)
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt...
Yeah, I really like NCSU Econet station data.
ECONet Station Viewer - WHIT
econet.climate.ncsu.edu/m/?id=WHIT
ECONet Station Viewer - WHIT
econet.climate.ncsu.edu/m/?id=WHIT
ECONet Station Viewer - WHIT
econet.climate.ncsu.edu
October 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Yeah, I really like NCSU Econet station data.
ECONet Station Viewer - WHIT
econet.climate.ncsu.edu/m/?id=WHIT
ECONet Station Viewer - WHIT
econet.climate.ncsu.edu/m/?id=WHIT
Sometimes it's the small projects that are the most enjoyable.
Case in point: this month I'm building !EliteNet, which connects the #Archimedes version of #Elite to the Econet multiplayer scoreboard, so ArcElite players can compete against #BBCMicro players.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #riscos
Case in point: this month I'm building !EliteNet, which connects the #Archimedes version of #Elite to the Econet multiplayer scoreboard, so ArcElite players can compete against #BBCMicro players.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #riscos
April 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sometimes it's the small projects that are the most enjoyable.
Case in point: this month I'm building !EliteNet, which connects the #Archimedes version of #Elite to the Econet multiplayer scoreboard, so ArcElite players can compete against #BBCMicro players.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #riscos
Case in point: this month I'm building !EliteNet, which connects the #Archimedes version of #Elite to the Econet multiplayer scoreboard, so ArcElite players can compete against #BBCMicro players.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #riscos
Well, in a few minutes I'll be packing up the car and driving up to Bletchley Park for this weekend's excitement: my first ever Econet LAN party!
www.tnmoc.org/events/econe...
www.tnmoc.org/events/econe...
Econet LAN Party 2025 — The National Museum of Computing
Now in its third year, The National Museum of Computing’s annual Econet LAN Party is the go-to event for Acorn enthusiasts! Join us on the 7th and 8th June to create 2025’s biggest Econet network. F...
www.tnmoc.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Well, in a few minutes I'll be packing up the car and driving up to Bletchley Park for this weekend's excitement: my first ever Econet LAN party!
www.tnmoc.org/events/econe...
www.tnmoc.org/events/econe...
I’ve added a Gotek, sideways RAM, a PiTube co-processor, Econet and a Delta 14B joystick with 14B/1 adaptor. And I’ve added a lot of love.
It’s finally ready.
(2/8)
It’s finally ready.
(2/8)
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I’ve added a Gotek, sideways RAM, a PiTube co-processor, Econet and a Delta 14B joystick with 14B/1 adaptor. And I’ve added a lot of love.
It’s finally ready.
(2/8)
It’s finally ready.
(2/8)
I recently hacked #Elite on the #Acorn #Archimedes to send scores to a live scoreboard across an #Econet network.
I've just published a short article that explains how I did this.
I hope you like it!
elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#retrocompting #retrogaming #riscos
I've just published a short article that explains how I did this.
I hope you like it!
elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#retrocompting #retrogaming #riscos
April 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I recently hacked #Elite on the #Acorn #Archimedes to send scores to a live scoreboard across an #Econet network.
I've just published a short article that explains how I did this.
I hope you like it!
elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#retrocompting #retrogaming #riscos
I've just published a short article that explains how I did this.
I hope you like it!
elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...
#retrocompting #retrogaming #riscos
The excellent @markmoxon.bsky.social in action at this evening's @rougol.bsky.social pub meeting - thanks for the fascinating talk!
August 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The excellent @markmoxon.bsky.social in action at this evening's @rougol.bsky.social pub meeting - thanks for the fascinating talk!
New video! First of a two-parter (please don't ask when part 2 is coming, I'm not sure yet!)
youtu.be/LAZnyBm-M8c
youtu.be/LAZnyBm-M8c
Econet In A Nutshell - Part 1
YouTube video by Colin Hoad
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New video! First of a two-parter (please don't ask when part 2 is coming, I'm not sure yet!)
youtu.be/LAZnyBm-M8c
youtu.be/LAZnyBm-M8c
Look at this thing of utter beauty! A whole classroom full of networked #BBCMicro, #BBCMaster and #Archimedes machines, all running #Elite over #Econet.
If 14-year-old me had been able to see this, he’d have exploded with excitement. 🚀
Come see the real thing at the TNMoC LAN Party in a month!
If 14-year-old me had been able to see this, he’d have exploded with excitement. 🚀
Come see the real thing at the TNMoC LAN Party in a month!
While the Education Team were away last weekend, our Acorn Team made some essential upgrades 🔧 All of our classroom BBC Micros can now play Mark Moxon’s Econet Scoreboard Elite! Just in time for our upcoming Econet LAN Party!
Book your ticket ➡️ buff.ly/BwJDTsE
Book your ticket ➡️ buff.ly/BwJDTsE
May 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Look at this thing of utter beauty! A whole classroom full of networked #BBCMicro, #BBCMaster and #Archimedes machines, all running #Elite over #Econet.
If 14-year-old me had been able to see this, he’d have exploded with excitement. 🚀
Come see the real thing at the TNMoC LAN Party in a month!
If 14-year-old me had been able to see this, he’d have exploded with excitement. 🚀
Come see the real thing at the TNMoC LAN Party in a month!
Pile of Archimedes. An A310, A440/1 and two A5000s at the National Museum of Computing s Econet LAN Party
May 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Pile of Archimedes. An A310, A440/1 and two A5000s at the National Museum of Computing s Econet LAN Party