Re: DRO BOARDS ARE IN

I did some more tests with the software that you sent and it seems to work
fine on a variety of computers. It ran great even on and old 386-25SX, a
486-33SX, 486-33DX2 and a 486-66DX2.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Kulaga <tkulaga@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] DRO BOARDS ARE IN

>From: Tom Kulaga <tkulaga@...>
>
>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 06:37:20 -0700
>> From: "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...>
>>Subject: Re: DRO BOARDS ARE IN
>>
>>I received the DRO boards on schedule and have assembled one to make

ensure

>>there were no hidden problems. I connected it as a two axis board then I
>>added the other chip and ran it as a 4 axis board. The board worked great
>>with both the 1000 line rotary encoder and the 360 line linear encoder

strip

>>from US digital. I check it in one inch against a dial indicator and
>>everything was right on the money. For those that use metric, Tom's

program

>>works fine in the metric mode.
>>The fourth axis is is degrees minutes and seconds.
>>I am very pleased with the with these boards and you need to thank Tom
>>Kulaga who wrote the program and came up with the concept.
>>I had some extra boards make solet me know if you're intereested..
>>I will write up the documentation for assembly today. For those that have
>>all ready ordered boards I have contacted you by email.
>
>For anyone who hasn't said it already, I want to say thanks to Dan
>for putting this deal together. It's a big savings in cost, time,
>and headaches to have an etched board to work with. It's beyond my
>skills to have set this one up.
>
>As far as the software goes, Dan's working with the latest version,
>which hasn't been posted on the webpage yet. I'm trying to get a
>full rewrite of the site done, and finally add those tutorials I've
>been meaning to do. This project has been running at maybe 25% the
>rate I'd hoped to move, so apologies to anyone who's been waiting on
>me. Tell ya what, if you've been put out, send me an email and I'll
>refund 150% of what you spent on the software and advice. ;)
>
>One more thing: I remember seeing a post by someone who had some
>rotary encoders he was graciously giving away. Is that person still
>here, and does he have any more left?
>
>-Tom Kulaga
>
>
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