Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Can I drip feed a bridgeport boss 5

Hello Alan,

Please re-download the "DRIP.ZIP" file from:
http://www.pennswoods.net/~luke1027/DRIP.zip
This file has the Drip.exe file, the DXF of the pinout Cable, and
the TXT file from the original author on this program.
If you do not have a means of reading the DXF file, please
let me know and I will get a different format for you to
view it.
The only other thing I was advised on when using this
program was to add the command mode lpt1;''p to
the autoexec.bat file. This, as you well know, would set the printer
port for infinite retry.

Now you will have all I have received for the dripfeed to the BOSS5.
Again, this is for the Parallel port off the PC to the Tape Reader
cable, not the RS232 on the BOSS5. I only repeat this for those
reading that may have missed some of this thread.

As far as the PC I tried this Drip Feed program on and got errors:
1.) 486 with win 2000 loaded for OS, program came up correctly
so I tried running an NC file.... PC locked up with no results.
2.) Same PC 486, booted from DOS 6.22. Run the Drip, came up correctly
and started the NC file and saw the first line of the NC file echo to
the screen, as it should,
hit the LOAD switch on BOSS5 and the RUN light went on and it ran the
machine.
But only until, what seemed like the memory was used up, then it wouldn't
retreive any more data from the PC. It just seem to stop dripfeeding.
I just could get it to read any more of the progam.
Any thoughts on this?

THanks,

Luke


Alan Marconett wrote:

>Hi Luke,
>
>That is a little strange. And you're running under DOS on all of these
>machines (I assumed this was a DOS program)? What was the error message?
>
>Yeah, too bad you don't have the original BASIC code.
>
>Alan KM6VV
>
>
>
>
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>>Alan Marconett wrote:
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>>>Any diagrams with that? What is the cable pinout?
>>>
>>>Go ahead and try it on any good DOS (older) desk machine you have!
>>>
>>>Alan KM6VV
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