Re: My broken Briddgeport

Where I live is kind of strange:Stratford, Ct. I have been driving by
the Bridgeport Machine factory for years. All they tell me is that
the control is obsolite and will have to be completely replaced. No
one talks diagnosis or repair. Bpt. repair people would have to come
from either Boston or Philly.

It was supposidely in working order before the I picked it up.

Bill Lubarsky

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Bill Vance <ccq@x> wrote:
> 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@s...> 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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