http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/ CNCPro Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:51:18 GMT Denis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1457 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1457 Hi All, I'm using Al's build of CNCPRO and the Move function doesn't always work. Sometimes it's normal and sometimes no window opens on the screen for Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:56:17 GMT Tracy Presnell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1456 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1456 The website says a minimum 150 mhz with 4 megs of ram. Says preferred of 233 MMX or better with 32 megs. One of mine is a 233, the other is a Celeron laptop of Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:28:52 GMT Jerry Jankura http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1455 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1455 ... Has anyone run both Zeus & EMC V2? If so, how do the two compare? The nice thing about DOS based machine control systems is that they don't require much of Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:35:11 GMT Tracy Presnell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1454 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1454 When I was converting my BOSS 5, I poured over the available DOS software and ended up with Zeus. Partly because I was watching the exchange on the Turbo Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:14:09 GMT doug6949 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1453 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1453 I'm impressed. Perhaps I'll load it and give it a try while I am working on the new cabinet. I have a job lined up for next week and really need to keep the Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:27 GMT Tracy Presnell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1452 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1452 I use it on a Bridgeport. Was a BOSS 5. The software writer, Jeff, is a pretty low key guy. We speak through e-mail from time to time. He addresses issues as Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:58:11 GMT Tracy Presnell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1451 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1451 The free download will run up to some 80,000 lines of code. The only thing the demo won't do is use expanded memory. I paid for it after I tried it because it Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:58:22 GMT Roland Jollivet http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1450 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1450 I just downloaded the manual. Looks like there have been at least 30 software revisions over the last few years ! Not bad. TurboCNC = 0! (A date for each Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:45:04 GMT doug6949 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1449 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1449 ... Their website had a price tag of $100. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:34:25 GMT Ron Kline http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1448 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1448 I still run CNCpro on only one machine ( a CNC surface grinder ) all my other machines run Mach lll , but it requires a much newer computer to run on . I have Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:24:48 GMT Tracy Presnell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1447 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1447 Zeus is free and easy to use. Lots more screen info than any DOS based and pretty much glitch free operation. I run both CNC Pro and Zeus and by far Zeus is Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:12:31 GMT Bob Muse http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1446 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1446 I used cncpro for about 3 years on a good sized flatbed mill. Switched to Mach3 and haven't looked back once. Bob ... From: doug6949 To: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:05:22 GMT doug6949 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1445 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1445 ... I continue to use cncpro because I am familiar with it. If I have to get comfortable with new software I might as well dive into emc2. It's the only low Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:51:32 GMT Tracy Presnell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1444 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1444 Try CNC Zeus. It has a setting that eliminates slowdowns between moves and uses a read-ahead to keep things moving. Tracy Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:53:41 GMT doug6949 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1443 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/message/1443 I was afraid of that. Bummer! Cncpro's exact stop mode seemed fine at first. However, once I started getting into high performance tooling it became obvious