Re: Who made the first PC based CNC control?

Alan,

Yep, sure does. I remember reading a lot of articles back then about
S100 bus machine control along with other variants of early "home
computers" such as the Apple II, Comodore PET and others. I vaigly
remember a guy that was trying to control a manufacturing operation
with a TRS-80.

John Guenther

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Alan Marconett KM6VV
<KM6VV@a...> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> I was playing around with stepper motors on my S100 and Intel

Multibus

> computers BEFORE the IBM PC, does that count? ;>)
>
> Alan KM6VV
> SherlineCNC list
>
>
> "John D. Guenther" wrote:
> >
> > Good Morning All,
> >
> > I hope this is not considered OT, but any way, my question is

this:

> > Who made the first PC based CNC control? I would also like to

know if

> > there was one around before IBM marketed the PC in the early

1980's.

> >
> > I am just curious about how long PC based machine controls have
> > existed.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > John Guenther
> > 'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
> > Sterling, Virginia