Re: Anderson's Follies...

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Jon Anderson <janders@n...> wrote:

> I've posted here a number of times regarding my mysterious "lost

step"

> problem, and a lot of folks have taken time and offered advise

trying to

> help. Want to say thanks to everyone. I finally solved it I think

(knock

> on wood). It appears Ahha had some problem with the computer, an HP
> Vectra P100. I moved the I/O card and files to a Digital 486/66,

and

> have been running a former problem program for half an hour with

not a

> trace of lost steps.
>
> Nice to make some progress finally...
>

Jon,
You have obviously found the source of your problems. The P100 and
P90's caused many problems with programs that are maths hungry.
I once tried to run Bobcad 17 on a P90 not thinking. I had all sorts
of problems. One of the better ones was a 28,000 line program then
just kept going round the inside of the letter 'O' again, and again,
and again..........

Unless you can move up to a P300 minimum keep with a 486 DX2 66 or
100.
The maths co-processors in those are really good.

John Stevenson,
Nottingham, England.