Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maxnc - don't buy it!

Jon and Bob,

Thanks, both of you. I will explore both options. I just downloaded Deskncrt, demo and am starting to wade through the
documentation. Bob, I wouldn't mind borrowing the CNCpro for testing purposes, so I'll give you a call to drop by, if you don't
mind. Whatever works quickest. I am past the stage of being fascinated with technology, I just want to make parts now.

Mike

Bob Campbell wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I will let you use my copy of cncpro if you want to test with it. I will
> not need it back for a couple of weeks.
>
> Bob Campbell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Rainone <mrain1@...>
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> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 5:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maxnc - don't buy it!
>
> > Thanks, Jon.
> >
> > There is no excuse for that kind of negligence. Maybe that is why Dan took
> the link from Maxnc off of his website, or at least I
> > didn't see it the last time I looked. The TIMESET function works find on
> two axis', though it did not drive the third. The so-called
> > instruction manual says something about the Z axis requiring an
> alternative parallel port address. How that works is beyond me,
> > especially when the the pin out diagram indicates pins 6 & 7 are for Z
> step and direction. So I don't know what I have to do to get
> > it to work.
> >
> > Anyway, I think that the lesson is clear, buy Maxnc at you own risk, in
> fact, don't buy it at all. What little I know of them is
> > that they are just another machine shop outfit that solved a problem for
> themselves and are foisting the solution, half-baked as it
> > is, on the rest of us. I don't care how well the program works for them,
> if an outside user can't use it, or has such bad
> > documentation such that an outside user can't figure it out, it shouldn't
> be sold. That is the definition of fraud in my books.
> > Sorry for the vitriol, but I am really pissed! I don't intend to ask for a
> refund, but will do my damnedest to keep other people
> > from buying it, at least until they get off of there dead arses and have
> some decent documentation written for it. So, every time
> > the question comes up about controller software you will see the "Maxnc -
> don't buy it" subject line appear.
> >
> > Problem is, what is the alternative? Yeager, Kellyware - I need true 3D.
> Any suggestion?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > Jon Anderson wrote:
> >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > I know a couple folks that have offered to rewrite the manual, there was
> > > no interest.
> > > When I was running the Max software, it would accept any file extension.
> > > Nice to have an additional 3 characters to try to describe the file.
> > > Wish Ahha would implement this....
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
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