Re: Subject: Varkon

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From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Subject: Varkon


> From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
>
>
>
> John Stevenson wrote:
>
> Not knowing the first thing about Linux but it seems like I shall have to
have a
>
> > play over winter I'm going to ask some possibly stupid questions.
> > I have read where you can run some windows programs under Linux, Can you
also
> > run DOS under linux??
>
> Yes, absolutely, but it can't access any hardware in non-standard ways.
> In other words, if a program thinks it is sending a printout to a printer
on the
> parallel port, it is really sending it to the Linux spooler, not the
physical printer
> port. So, a program to drive steppers or read DRO encoders through the
> parallel port would not work right off the bat. (I think I read somewhere
> that there is a way to turn the parallel port over to the DOS emulator, so
that
> these operations would be permitted.)
>
> > If you can there are still some copies of Bobcad V14 out there that will
fill
> > the CAM needs and Generic Cadd is still one of the best CAD programs
ever made.

I have a few BobCAD v 14.1 that are pre dongle for $300.00 and a couple of
ver 17 open station (no dongle) for $650.00 and some ver 17 password
protected for $600.00 if you are interested.
Darrell

>
> I have Bobcad/CAM, and will have to put Wine on and see if it will work.
> Ugh, a dongle! On the parallel port! Oh, well, maybe it WON'T work,
then!
>
> Jon
>
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