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  1. New file uploaded to turbocnc
    Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the turbocnc group. File :...
    - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:24:19 GMT
  2. Hole Probing G50 Version 4.01 tcnc
    I added a small circuit to my touch probe to get it working for hole probing ..G50 Check the file Touch_probe in the files section.....
    - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:22:18 GMT
  3. Re: Desktop vs Laptop
    Some Idiot (most likely me) set a BIOS password. I didn't have time to monkey with it today (daughters birthday party tonight) but I need to either remove the...
    - Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:29:26 GMT
  4. Re: Desktop vs Laptop
    good luck and look forward to hearing how it goes....
    - Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:37:08 GMT
  5. Re: Desktop vs Laptop
    Bubba, Oh yeah, it runs and boots directly to DOS 6.22. I'll dig around in the BIOS setup this afternoon and see what I can do. I have been doing some...
    - Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:18:18 GMT
  6. Re: Desktop vs Laptop
    Steve, Nope, have to be in plain dos (not a DOS window) . The management needs to be turned off in the BIOS. Can you boot the machine up at all??...
    - Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:47:08 GMT
  7. Re: Desktop vs Laptop
    Bubba, Yes, I copied autoexec.bat and config.sys to .old extensions and blew them away. This is a late 90's vintage Compaq... I'm guessing if I'd left Windows...
    - Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:34:20 GMT
  8. Re: Desktop vs Laptop
    Steve, As a wild guess, you may have been bitten by the 3.3V parallel port on the laptop or possibly the battery management functions that control things like...
    - Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:47:07 GMT
  9. Desktop vs Laptop
    Hi All, Long time lurker, first time poster... Just got my system (HobbyCNC EZ board) up running on a Tiger 400mhg P2 under DOS 6.2. Tried TurboCNC V4.00 and...
    - Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:37:44 GMT
  10. Re: Choppy running steppers
    Yes after many days trying to sort out the servo drives, changed cables, change power supply added caps etc, I switched to Zeus and away I went. From memory,...
    - Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:42:21 GMT
  11. Re: Choppy running steppers
    I believe it requires 3 Identical screws if your going to do 3D stuff. Victor ... From: Roland Jollivet To: turbocnc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November...
    - Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:55:35 GMT
  12. Re: Choppy running steppers
    You need to have all of the ratios the same on XYZ. In other words, each needs to take the same # of steps to move the same amount. Motors can be different,...
    - Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:39:21 GMT
  13. Re: Choppy running steppers
    Hi I've just looked at the Zeus page again after about two years. It's very vague. Does the software still require three identical motors, or can the axis ...
    - Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:23:59 GMT
  14. Re: Choppy running steppers
    Yeah, Jeff says he's working on it. I just don't think he's working real fast, though. It can still be used for a lathe just with limitations. Tracy...
    - Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:23:35 GMT
  15. Re: Choppy running steppers
    True! the only thing missing is lathe :-(. Victor ... From: Tracy Presnell To: turbocnc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 09:14 PM Subject:...
    - Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:21:02 GMT