RE: Re: Wonderboard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Ginger [SMTP:ginger@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 8:36 AM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Wonderboard
>
> From: Ron Ginger <ginger@...>
>
> I like the sound of these boards, and will buy a couple if they ever
> exist. But I would only use them if they are external to the PC- I do
> not see how all the screw terminals would make sense on a PC board-
> think of the mess in back of the machine with all those wires. I like
> the idea of a small board that could be mounted near the machine with
> the various limit switch, step and dir signals, maybe a panic button,
> maybe a ss realy switching drive motor power etc, then just one nice
> parallel port cable to the back of the computer.
>
> ron
>

The screw terms would be of the high density removable euro block
type.

The card could be designed to work as either stand-alone or in an
ISA slot. Whether or not this is practical is open for discussion.

Doug