Re: Reality Check for CNC mill

My understanding, and this is a question better posted at the Master5
list, is that either Master5/Mach1(2) will either run or not on the
computer.

if you are running and not having problems you probably will be OK.
some computers just don't run without a lot of problems. IIRC, Art
did find that over about 600, no machines had problems and under 400,
a lot did.

probably some compatiability issues and timeing issues with the cards
and periferals.

I found that TurboCNC runs on different boxes in very different ways.

my Compac 486-100 does about 8k pulse rate and my Duron800 does about
14k while my Compac 133 does just over 20k. go figure. I think it
has more to do with the parallel port timing, but have not tried to
trace the problem any further.

Dave




--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Kichman"
<billkichman@c...> wrote:

> I too am gearing up (quite literally in fact) a CNC mill, and I

noticed the

> comment about a 400mhz Pentium as being small for Mach1. Is that

still true

> even if you don't need to use the toolpath updates, which eat up

lots of cpu

> overhead? The reason I ask, is because my testing of Mach1 so far

on my

> 233mhz laptop running 2000pro seems to work fine - except when I

refresh

> the toolpath during RUN, of course, which we are warned not to do

in the

> author's notes, whereby it RESETS. Am I unrealistic in thinking

this

> machine will be fast enough?
>
>
> R. William Kichman, P.E.
> Kichman Engineering Associates
> 103 Old Furnace Road
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "turbulatordude" <davemucha@j...>
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> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:21 AM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Reality Check for CNC mill
>
>
> > FASTER !
> >
> > you should look at something at least 1,000 or faster.
> >
> > 400 is way too close to the bottom for MACH anything.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > CNC controller:
> > > Pentium 400+ something running Win 2000 or Win XP
> > > CNC controller software:
> > > MACH 1 and upgrade to MACH 2 when available.
> > > CAD/CAM:
> > > BobCad v18 upgraded to v19 when available.
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