Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] DOS Install

feck123@... wrote:

> Hello everyone...I was hoping SOMEBODY would take pity on a novice
> with DOS commands...I am trying to setup my mini mill with CNC and I
> got the servo motors on and hooked up NOW im trying to get the cnc
> operating system to work...I downloaded it and put it in "my
> documents"...It was sent to me in a ZIP file in an e-mail..per the
> instructions,I went to DOS and the C root directory...Made a
> directory called CNC(md cnc),change to "cnc" directory (cd cnc)...NOW
> im supposed to copy the file to this directory,and unzip..Im
> stuck....I dont know how to copy to the DOS/cnc file

copy c:\progra~1\netsca~1\users\yourname\mydocu~1\cnc.zip

All this ~1 stuff is because DOS sees only the first 8 letters of long
filenames, so Win95 and later make pseudonames for these files
by taking the first 6 letters and adding ~1, ~2 etc. to keep them
separate. Instead of doing this, you would find it a lot easier
to copy the file with windows explorer. if you have an unzip utility
that runs under windows, you can do the unzip-ing with that, too.
If not, you will need to download pkzip or a similar package.

Unzip the file with something like

pkunzip cnc.zip

> i made/and or
> unzip in dos mode

You don't have to do the unzip in DOS mode, either. Just so that
the uncompressed files are in the directory. Then you can go
to DOS mode and run it.

Jon