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

Hi, Tim.

Thanks again for all of the great help. As for Linux, I am not intimidated, having been, many years ago and a galaxy far, far away,
a Unix systems guy. I do shudder at the memories of horribly time consuming Xenix installs, with 3 thousand, 5 1/4 inch floppies,
busted kernels and having been impaled by the imbedded video driver hooks into the kernel. God forbid. While I might hate MS, I sure
like the install.

I have a P90 with 32meg of RAM and a 1gig hard drive sitting in the shop with DOS only on it. I realize that the 1 gig HD is
overkill, but is the rest of the box OK? I know that you have been working on a CD install for the complete idiot and I will be
first in that line.

Thanks.

Mike



Tim Goldstein wrote:

> In spite of the opinion that many people have that EMC is too hard for a
> mere mortal to install it is well worth looking at. If you don't want to
> learn to install it yourself following the instructions given explicitly,
> there are a number of people that are well versed in setting it up and would
> probably be willing to setup a system you supplied for far less that the
> $250.00 you have spent on a half baked package.
>
> I know there are people that talk highly of Flashcut, but I have a hard time
> justifying the price. You can put together one of Dan's 5 amp controllers,
> user EMC or purchase CNCpro, and buy a copy of Vector and still have plenty
> of change left over from the cost of Flashcut. This way you get a good solid
> CAD/CAM package which is much better than the DXF conversion you get in
> Flashcut.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Rainone [mailto:mrain1@...]
> > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 4:30 PM
> > To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com
> > 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
>
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