Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Indexer-G-Code Update and Small Form Factor PC

In a message dated 12/28/01 10:48:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
carlos@... writes:

> I'm more annoyed about having 3 parallel cables running between
> the control enclosure and the PC, than the cost of the LPT cards.
> Also, I don't have 3 spare slots in the computer I'm looking at
> using. I've heard that someone makes a 3 port ISA or PCI card
> (SIIG?), which might solve that problem. My preferred approach
> would be to install the PC inside the control enclosure. This way
> I can skip the cables and just plug the parallel port breakout
> boards directly to the PC.
>
> Can anyone recommend a very small form factor, fairly modern, PC
> with 3 extra slots for parallel ports? I'd like for it to have a
> CDROM drive as well as integrated Ethernet, audio, and maybe
> video. I've considered piecing the system together into a custom
> box within the control enclosure, but it would be easier to find a
> system that already has all the mounting and shielding in place
> for the CD, HDD, power supply, motherboard, etc.
>
> TIA,
>
> Carlos Guillermo
>

Carlos:

You might be able to get the case, power supply, motheboard and all other
components including that multiple LPT output card from www.jameco.com.

They have been very helpful to me in retrofitting older CNC machines with
regards to having the components that I needed in stock and at very
reasonable, often even cheap, prices.

Check them out if you don't already use them.

Randy A.









Regards,

Randy Abernathy
4626 Old Stilesboro Road
Acworth, GA 30101
Ph/Fax: 770-974-5295
E-mail: cnc002@...
We service, install and repair industrial woodworking machinery
Specializing in SCM / SCMI CNC Panel Saws and Routers


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