Originally Posted by damae Last night I finally got the computer to talk to the controller/motor!
It wasn't perfect though. I am running TurboCNC in a DOS window within Win98, and I think windows is messing with the timing, making it pause between pulses and limiting the maximum speed. Funny thing is that when I try to run TurboCNC in DOS only mode, it just sends the computer into a reboot. |
This is a fantasic setup! Where did you get those motors and controllers?
TurboCNC needs to have pure DOS to run in as it needs to have direct access to the parallel port. No stinking Winders in between.
you can get one
here. 