Re: Galil controllers compatible softwares

I'll second that on JRA. I've visited his shop and Jay is quite
helpful and genuinely a nice guy.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Peter Renolds <prenolds@s...>
wrote:

> Have you looked at the two leads I gave you back on the 9th of

Jan? I'm

> not aware of any other retrofit type systems based on Galil cards,

but

> they may be out there. Just becasue you have the Galil card, you

may

> still want to consider the parallel port control options such as

Mach2

> and others discussed regularly on this list.
>
> From my research before buying and my satisfaction after selecting

the

> JRA system I don't think you will get a better bang for your buck

than

> with the JRA system, assuming you already have the (expensive)

Galil

> card. You can pick up AMC analog drives cheaply on eBay, typically
> around $120 - $130 per axis. FYI, I don't think there are many

people

> on this list that use a Galil based controller for their CNC

projects.

>
> Contact the vendors and ask them for references - that's what I did

and

> it was very enlightening. In the end, you have to decide which

control

> best meets your needs and budget.
>
> Cheers, Peter
>
> Mouss_T wrote:
>
> > I need opinions about Galil controllers compatible

softwares, which one

> >is good or
> >
> > is there enough alternative to choose.
> >
> >
> >