Need help finding CNC tutorial on the web!!

[NewCents]

A long time ago I found a link to an incredible web site on this forum. The web site went through tutorials on how to hook your computer up to a motor and how to control the motor using QBASIC. The owner of the site was a professor at a middle school who had his students go through a web based tutorial on how to create code in QBASIC to control a motor that spun an egg. There was a pen that colored the egg and the students each created their own code for the pattern to their eggs. This was just one example of the tutorials. He was teaching the kids about CNC and showed them how to write code to control simple motors.

Anyone here know the link to the site I'm referring to???

Any help greatly appreciated!!!

[Torsten]

If you are interested in how to program a controller in Basic the best and most
functional example is with a program called STEPSTER some searching on the
web and you will find it.
The author Kevin Carrol (not sure I got the name right) has passed away a few
years ago but the code is still available with the source code in Qbasic.
I think the newer versions are compiled in Powerbasic.
A very impressive work wich offers much to be learned from peticularly if you have
some knowledge about Basic.
The Program is a Gcode interpreter that can drive up to 3 axes machines using
a step and direction interface to the Parrallel Port.
Good Luck

[JavaDog]

Are you talking about Bruce Shapiro's 'The Art Of Motion Control' website??

[KG2V]

Originally Posted by Torsten If you are interested in how to program a controller in Basic the best and most functional example is with a program called STEPSTER some searching on the web and you will find it. The author Kevin Carrol (not sure I got the name right) ...

I was/am the last known maintainer of Stepster, and it is actually in Powerbasic - the upgrades beyond Kevin's code require the licensed version, but you can read it with a text editor

Honest? It's dead