are there still no simple cheap good USB controllers?

[ger21]

Originally Posted by TOTALLYRC I figure if I go back in time on the operating system, I will go back in time on the pricing. I will send you my $10 tomorrow so it will get to you by early last week. Mike

Back in the DOS days, PC's cost 5-10x what they cost today.

[TOTALLYRC]

Originally Posted by ger21 Back in the DOS days, PC's cost 5-10x what they cost today.

What do you mean, everthing wasn't cheaper and better back in the good old days????????????? LOL

Mike

[Torchhead]

Mike: I got your payment yesterday (before you sent it) but we shipped last Thursday so the DOS version won't be available until 2006.

TOM C

[TOTALLYRC]

Originally Posted by Torchhead Mike: I got your payment yesterday (before you sent it) but we shipped last Thursday so the DOS version won't be available until 2006. TOM C

Dear Tom,
Since this is all new technology, I am getting slightly confused, is it too early or too late to send in a change, as I need a negative 3rd axis for working with Unobtanium, and you know how difficult that can be.

Sincerly, Mike
a future past customer.

[LaserImage]

Originally Posted by jemmyell Let me know what minute you want to ship... -James

I found a vendor on Mars that will beam it to me last month, as long as I order it before end of business today. I'm sorry but I'll have to cancel my order to you...

[Torchhead]

Originally Posted by LaserImage I found a vendor on Mars that will beam it to me last month, as long as I order it before end of business today. I'm sorry but I'll have to cancel my order to you...

BE CAREFUL! That Martian Vendor has had complaints lodged with the ITC (Interglactic Trade Commission). Seems he(it) trades in Federation Trade Credits based on the Time-Shift-Phase-Doppler method of exchange rather than the 4D Compressed Reality Formula. It makes your TRUE cost well over 2,000 times what it should be. Although they have plenty of silica material (sand) they have to get the water from one of Saturn's moons and it might contain lead that keeps it from meeting EU RoHS standards.

What I would like to know is how do they get a decent Internet connection on Mars and who is their ISP? I'll bet they only have 3 bars on their cell phones (none in the bottom of the canals).

TC

[jemmyell]

Originally Posted by TOTALLYRC Dear Tom, Since this is all new technology, I am getting slightly confused, is it too early or too late to send in a change, as I need a negative 3rd axis for working with Unobtanium, and you know how difficult that can be. Sincerly, Mike a future past customer.

Isn't unobtanium milled in the negative 3rd dimension, not the negative 3rd axis?

-James

[Dennis Bohlke]

Gez, you guys make me feel dumb, it took me longer that 20 hours to get this done.

But alas it does have a 2006 copyright on the board.


Now to get to work on the Servo version of it. Maybe I can have it done by last month. After all I started on it last week.

And for those that want to use a USB port on a Vista or Windows Xp to control one of those legacy parallel port motor drivers you might want to consider the USB CamPod that I make.



Cheers
Dennis
www.super-tech.com

[TOTALLYRC]

Originally Posted by Dennis Bohlke Gez, you guys make me feel dumb, it took me longer that 20 hours to get this done. But alas it does have a 2006 copyright on the board. Now to get to work on the Servo version of it. Maybe I can have it done by last month. After all I started on it last week. And for those that want to use a USB port on a Vista or Windows Xp to control one of those legacy parallel port motor drivers you might want to consider the USB CamPod that I make. Cheers Dennis www.super-tech.com

If you want something that runs a cnc thru the usb port, and is a real good deal, Just get the deskcnc controller, which runs on a serial port. Pickup a serial to usb adapter and away you go. This is the detup I currently use on my router.
It comes with a controller board and the included cam/cnc controller software runs on any windows based computer, win 95 on up. pII 233mhz on up.
It is only $350 if you get both the software and board at the same time. I personaly use it and it doeas a great job. the only real limitations are the fact that I can't use it on my analog servo driven milling machine. But for step and direction use, it is one of the best packages out there, if a little less known than Mach3 or emc. Perfect for those needing to use it from a laptop or older/slower computer. But it all depends on what you call "CHEAP"

For the cost of a smoothstepper for all of you using mach3, which I personally think is cheap considering what it can do, you get usb connectivity.

Mike

[rowbare]

Originally Posted by Dennis Bohlke Now to get to work on the Servo version of it. Maybe I can have it done by last month. After all I started on it last week.

Shouldn't that read "After all I started on it next week."?