Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] TurboCNC and general computer questions

That's right. A CTRL P before running the program should toggle the printer
port on. Just be sure to do it again when you're through or everything you
do will go through that port. Or, you could add them to the program. (It
HAS been a long time, hasn't it?)

Dave Goodfellow

----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Chamberlin <ccc@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>; Dan Statman
<dan.statman@...>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] TurboCNC and general computer questions


> Dan,
>
> Correction...the wrong lpt's will hang...you need to press Ctrl-Break
> and then continue. Been a while:)
>
> Craig
>
> Dan Statman wrote:
> >
> > 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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