Well, you need to bear in mind that when RISC OS was designed in 1986-87 or so, Ethernet was new and expensive -- I was still putting in 10base-2 in 1988-89 -- & TCP/IP only ran on university or departmental scale minicomputers costing as much as a house.

I can’t be dealing with all these newfangled networking doohickeys. What’s wrong with Econet that’s what I say.I can’t be dealing with all these newfangled networking doohickeys. What’s wrong with Econet that’s what I say.