RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] floppy disk reader ?

How about a USB flash drive?

Here is 256MB of non-volatile RAM that looks exactly like a disk to the
computer when it is plugged into a USB port. Pretty indestructible - the
only concern is removing it while you are writing data to it but that
would kill a floppy disk too.

http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(1113)-SDCZ4-256-SanDisk_Cruzer_Micr
oUSB_Flash_Drive256MB.aspx

the URL will wrap so use cut and paste or else go here:
http://tinyurl.com/d8jen


NewEgg has this same unit for $14.55 with $4.81 shipping.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820155415

or http://tinyurl.com/rgee3

If you are feeling spendy, the same store has the 1GB unit for $40 and a
4GB unit for $140.

The nice thing with these is that you can keep frequently used utilities
on them. Not all programs need to be "installed" or run from C:\Program
Files\xxx


Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Mickelson
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:55 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] floppy disk reader ?
>
>
> I use floppies to carry ALL my "at-desk-written"
> CNC programs out to the shop! I have to EDIT those
> almost always, "out there".
> > How would I do this (edit on the spot) with a CD???
> Whassa story???
> > Jan Rowland, confused
>
>
> I bought a external floppy drive for $29.99. IT plugs
> into my USB port, cuz I had the same problem. The
> worse problem is my dongles don't work and the one
> software compnay wants $1400 to upgrade. I never got
> it to work anyway, anyone want to buy ONECNC cheap?
> You will need a parralel port, they don't have a post
> for my old machines, and the only way to get one is
> for me to spend a lot of time helping them write the
> post. Not into it so
> Also, if you are having trouble DNC'ing programs, I
> can't recommend highly enough a little program called
> machine link.
> IF you get it hooked up to your RS232 cable and
> download any old program you can save the config file
> and from then on you are set.
> I do all my programming in the living room, then take
> the laptop out to the shop, hook it up and send the
> prgram into the lathe.
> You can get it on Ebay for about a hundred bucks.
> So for less than $50 you can get a floppy drive/USB
> and a use nay new computer, and if you don't want to
> fool with floppies get a fifty dollar Used gateway
> laptop and machine link and save all your files to a
> hard drive.
> Works slick
> J
>
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