Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Using TurboCNC Under Windows XP

Hi,

I have just downloaded TurboCNC, it is shareware

http://www.dakeng.com/turbocnc.html

Looks interesting.

Regards,

Terry



| On Sun, 3 Feb 2002 16:02:56 -0800, you wrote:
|
| >|I need assistance in using TurboCNC under Windows XP. Windows 98 has a
| >|provision for starting up in the DOS only mode, but I have not found
such a
| >|feature in XP. I have only found provisions for opening TurboCNC in
what
| >|appears to be a DOS window. When opened in a DOS window TurboCNC does
not
| >|communicate with the controller (Camtronics 2A, 3-Axis. In the setup
| >|section, TurboCNC lists three parallel port address, and I have tried
them
| >|all. None work.
| >|
| >|My questions are: 1) How do I run TurboCNC under Windows XP? and 2) If
it
| >|cannot be done, is there an alternative to TurboCNC that will run under
| >|Windows XP?
| >|
| >|TIA
| >|
| >|Dan
|
| Dan,
| One thing you could try is getting a DOS boot disk and booting to
| that. I'm not familiar with TurboCNC, but I've done the boot disk
| thing with other programs.
|
| Monte