I use the Gecko's with TurboCNC with no problems. I am using plain DC motors and added an encoder to each. They work flawlessely. Somehow the Gecko drives know...
If you put a 74ACT540 to the out put of pins 2 through 9. You can get 5v from the USB if it has one. If not buy a 5v power supply for the chip. It will read...
I've always understood parallel ports to have open collector outputs with a small pullup resistor built in, so capable of sinking plenty of current to drive on...
Hi Dave, I have noticed that new version is compatible with XP. I have had difficulty with new laptops. Can I have softcopy of TCNC 5.0? Many thanks, Akmuhtar...
If anybody is interested in trying out my opto-coupler board, I am happy to send a few out at no charge, if anybody thinks they may be of use. I will...
Hi Adilson, ... WOW - very nice. The best port of a DOS-program to win i see Hope that dave and jerry will get a lot of feedback to realize a win-version in...
... Hi, Frank: Just Dave. Both Tony and I are no longer on the development team. We've both been off for a couple of years now. Since then, I defected to EMC-2...
Does anyone else wonder about the usefulness of TurboCNC running on XP? Sure it would be great to be able to run my CAD/CAM software on the same machine as my...
My main wonder, which was not replied to, is the lack of stepper motor drive, ie 4-phase on the parport. Being able to easily interface old printer and...
Hi My main wonder, which was not replied to, is the lack of stepper motor drive, ie 4-phase on the parport. Being able to easily interface old printer and...
I must be missing something but does the XP version of TCNC 5 require an external pulse generator like the SmoothStepper? If not then I imagine that if it...
Adding to Drews question, will the win version 5 still work on a DOS machine? I run CAD/CAM on my fast machine and the mill controller on really old slow...
I recently wrote to Dave asking about 4.2 when he was shooting for Christmas (2008) as I also prefer to use a dos based system for reasons outlined to him. ...
Jeff, Fraid NOT, I did a properties and a little investigation and it is a Windows program:{( ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Perhaps(more speculation) the stepper option has been omitted by the A.S.T team who prudently opted only for Step/dir since it suits their needs. If you look...
Art, Thanks. Saves on the software budget, keeps me off the streets on garbage nights, and the dreaded task of setting up yet another box working with the...
Jeff, I have not entered this discussion before as I felt I would probably be in a minority! Just because something is "old school" does not automatically make...
Bubba, At least a minority of two. Too damned many computers, some 20 years old. But other than outright hardware failures all of my computer wars are windows...
Jeff, Yep, been there done that! I still have my original PET computer, but not sure if it will still run. Been up in the shop now for about 15 years but...
Bubba, 300 feet might be pushing it, I did a 200 connection in a place my EX called Thunder Ridge. Never any problems other that the awful power company ...
Jeff, Fortunately for us, none of the white "stuff" this year yet. Usually don't get any until late Jan, early Feb and then the good part is we don't shovel...
Bubba, I refer to it as white shit :-) So far this winter only about 4' and 2/3s of that has melted. Too bad it needs plowing/blowing before it melts. Bright...
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