Re: Downgrade Nightmare....

(1)You May be past this point, but, there were some boss controllers
on e-bay that I saw yesterday.(Shucks, They probably are yours.)
(2) This system is running on ME and has been great for over a year,
and the guys at my ISP say they have a lot less problems with
customers running ME than 2k. I havn't tried running any cnc with it
though, and the ISP guys wouldn't have any exprience there. I don't
know much about xp yet, but my comuter guru says he likes so far.
thanks.
Dale


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "audiomaker2000" <audiomaker@s...>
wrote:

> Ok, while I'm trying to figure out the retrofit on my BP BOSS CNC,
> Windows has gotten in the way (as usual).
>
> Believe it or not, this is what I've been through.
>
> I usually run Mac's, but I purchased a PC (HP) for Cad/Cam. It is a
> 800mhz Pavillion and came with Windows ME. All my buddies told me
> that "ME" is junk, so I upgraded to Win2kpro.
> Then I moved....
> Since then, I have gotten into this retrofittting. I bought the

CNC,

> the Gecko's, and have demo's of various controller
> software...including Master5 which I would like to try first.
> I purchased a newer computer (1.5ghz Sony) so I could use the

800mhz

> HP as the machine controller. The Sony runs XP.
> Now M5 wont run on Win2k so I'm looking around for my Win ME discs
> and I cannot find them since the move. I do however find Win 98, so

I

> install it. Well, it works, but Win 98 doesn't have the video

adapter

> drivers for the HP (win 2000 did) and I can only get 640X480 which

is

> awful when trying to see M5.
> I really want to get the software up and running before continuing
> with the retrofit, so now I'm in the position where I will have to

go

> out and buy Win ME for the drivers (which is crud otherwise).
> Ok, so I'm ready to do this and Art posts that M5/XP/2000 is close

at

> hand.....at least that's how I understood it.
> So what now? Do I go buy ME (which I already own), or wait for the
> 2000/XP version of Master5 (I don't actually know when this will be
> available)?
> My new computer is XP and doesn't like 2000 for networking (or 98
> really) so I'd actually prefer to make the HP an XP machine.
> <sigh>
>
> What should I do?
>
> Sean (who is frazzled with installing and re-re-installing OS's)