Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] My broken Briddgeport

Where are you roughly located? Maybe someone lives close enough to take a
look.....

Bill

On Tue Feb 12 01:47:20 2002, kuchean, <blubarsky@...> wrote:

>I have owned a second-hand Bridgeport V2XT for over a year without
>being able to run it! Somewhere in that large box of old electronics
>hanging on the side something is f%^ed up and I would like to be able
>to identify what is wrong before either ripping it all out or trying
>to unload the thing at a big loss.
>
>After some playing around I have been able to get the computer, an
>old 286 to boot up. Trying to start the machine results in an error
>message that says I have drive failure on all axis. I shipped one
>amplifier board to EMI and they say it tests out fine. I suspect the
>other two boards also work just as well. Indications are thar the
>servos are also alright. The fault which may be a loose cable or a
>blown fuse or a bad BMDC board is between the computer motherboard
>and the servo boards.
>
>It is far past the time when have to deceide to "piss or get of the
>pot". With all those blinking LEDs in there something should be
>indicating the source of the problem! Since the machine was bought
>for home use I am reluctant to put more kilobucks into it.
>
>Eventually I know I will have to replace a lot of the silicon in the
>thing, but what is the path of least cost to get the machine problem
>diagnosed and patched if not finally fixed?
>
>Bill Lubarsky

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