Bridgeport Test Results

I went and ran some tests on the Bridgeport Series 1 that I am now
going to purchase.
Here are some of the specs / results.
The steppers are NEMA 42 but I can't find the Manufacturer. They are
4 coil/8lead hybrids and they are already wired Unipolar for use in
the Textron control.
My drivers were anaheim DPB05 Bi-Level, Unipolar with integrated power
supplies (300Watt) I don't know the voltage specs of the drives, but
the manufacturer's data says that they are for 1-7amp/phase steppers.
I was running them at about half power because I have fried a 34
motor before and did not want to risk anything on this machine.
For the control I used DeskNC running on a 486 -(16Meg ram)laptop.
The motor coil resistances were very low, but as near as I can tell
about .4 ohms.
Running in half step mode (200 step/rev motors) were 2000 steps per
inch. Motor pulleys were 1:1 The software settings were
400 step/sec Max
50 step/sec starting velocity
2500 step/sec/sec acceleration
At these settings rapid feed was 12 ipm and I cut several blocks of
wood with no apparent lost steps.
Trying to bump the rapid feed to 50ipm caused lost steps. The max is
somewhere between those two feedrates.
I did not get to test any further due to being too excited about my
purchase. I cut and removed both control boxes which took the rest of
the afternoon.
I do plan on upgrading to bipolar drivers (geckos) when I get the
money, but will continue to try and improve feedrates with the unipoar
drives until then.
Any comments/ suggestions are appreciated.
I am moving the machine in this week.
P.S. I do not plan on using DeskNC for the control at home. I only
used it for testing because it's what I had.
P.P.S. It's a great feeling when all the guys in the shop are
standing around watching me run a machine on my little laptop that
hasn't moved for 5 years.