EZ Trak Software version opinions please

[ivangene]

Hello, I have a DX that the hard drive has died. The system went down and now all I get when I turn it on is "non system disc error"

UPDATE
I was able to re-format the disc in an old computer and load DOS onto it. Then I contacted a friend who also had an ez trak and he was able to send me a zip file of the software. I loaded it up and the machine is up and running.

Here now is the trouble, I am running V3.06 (also have V3.08) and I was running a newer version that was in my opinion better (not sure what version though) The utillities allowed easy access to the a: drive and when circular intrepolating holes the machine did not return to the center before moving on.
the only trouble with the newer version I didnt like was when running, if you hit / to zero the z readout, the program would stop and have to be re-loaded.

If I am going to get updated software, where do I get it, and what version should I get, and why...

this is an opinion questionaire


Thanks a million


Ed

[machintek]

I believe that version 5 is very stable and not buggy and requires DOS 6.20.
Version 6 is full of bugs but had engraving. Better to have a full size keyboard for that. You could also import DXF files but had to follow the rules. I believe that EMI-INC.net is selling a repaired version of this.
Version 7 is beta (never released) had fixed a lot of version 6 bugs but had a big one. Do not shut down in metric! It would boot in inch with the machine parameters still in metric.
Look into a solid state hard drive emulator next time otherwise referred to as a DOM (disk on a module). No moving parts and works just like a hard drive.

George

[Sky-high-11]

My copy of EZ-Trak Bridgeport 3.80 software is corrupted.
Can you provide me with a copy

Rick Brown
rickbrown47@msn.com