Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] laptop ( was Re: HELP: Bipolar stepper ciruit

In a message dated 1/6/2003 8:42:55 AM Central Standard Time,
davemucha@... writes:

> Another thing about laptops is that people trash them when the batteries
> die. But in most any CNC operation,
> line voltage is available so battery operation is not critical to the
> operation.
>

AND, a ten-year old laptop running ONLY MSDOS is just fine! Windoze,
mousery, and color is NOT needed to make a 3- or even 4-axis CNC machine make
megawhompers! (See in PHOTOS, "Home Brew...") I have a ten-year old Tandy
1500HD running a CNC lathe just fine! I had originally expected to run it
with an old '386 monochrome desktop "minitower", but the little laptop in the
photo was donated by someone who felt the price of a new battery was not
justified (he was right!). Ah, experience! It does have its uses, it does!
Jan Rowland



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