Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] TurboCNC and general computer questions

Dan, can you print DOS files if you hook a printer to that port? If you
cannot, it could be your DOS printer driver is pointed at another port. Or
maybe you don't have a printer driver in DOS. Maybe you need to point to
your printer driver in the DOS CONFIG.SYS file. Sorry, I don't have the
expertise to walk you through that.

Dave Goodfellow
Northridge, CA
"No problem too small to baffle this expert"

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Statman <dan.statman@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 2:36 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] TurboCNC and general computer questions


> I am running TurboCNC to control my CNC milling machine and i have just
> received a surplus computer to dedicate to the machine shop. I got the
> computer for $23 off of eBay, so I don't necessarily expect great things
> from it. It is a Pentium 1 machine running Windows 95 with 16 megs of
RAM.
>
> When I hook up the parrallel port and connect to TurboCNC from a DOS shell
> within Windows, I can jog the axes and run G-Code programs (although the
> performance sucks since Windows is using resources). When I exit Windows
> and restart in DOS mode then the TurboCNC program acts just like it is
> working except the stepper motors do not move.
>
> The configuration file is the same as when it was running from a Dos shell
> under Windows.
>
> Any ideas why this would happen?? What should I look for?
>
> I am not a Dos/Windows expert in any way, shape, or form so use small
words,
> ;-)
>
> Thank you for any help,
>
> Daniel J. Statman, Statman Designs
> www.statmandesigns.com
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