CNC control SW on an old Pentium 90

[Faber.sum]

Hi Folks

I'm Andrea, writing from Italy

I'm building a 4 axis CNC router.
Now I have to choose the control SW.
I used to think about Mach 3 but now on this forum I read it has some trouble with 4th axis...
And I would need to find a Windows XP PC to run it.

So: is there a SW able to run 4 axis on an old Pentium 90 with Win 95? Maybe using an external board? Which to choose?

Many thanks! Any useful answer will be rewarded with a fresh beer when you'll come to visit Torino! :-)

Andrea

[turmite]

Andrea,

You are mistaken about Mach2/3 software not being able to do 4th axis. I use 4th axis nearly daily and I run Mach2. The Pentium 90 will not run it however.

Since I don't drink beer.....a nice new Colombo high speed spindle will work just fine!

Mike

[Faber.sum]

Hi Mikke!

thanks for replying me so soon! About the spindle - well! :-)
The tool choice will be the next trouble

which PC would I need to run Mach 3?

A.

[RTP_Burnsville]

Have you looked at DeskAm or DeskCNC? I don't own either but have heard very good things about them and the price is fair. FWIW, I just purchased a CNC router that is suppose to come with DeskAM. It should arrive in the next week or so. I can give you a better response then if you are still searching for a solution.

[turmite]

I run mach2 on an AMD 1.3gig processor, but I have heard some have run it on less. You might also go to http://www.machsupport.com/ and you will find links to all kinds of Mach support.

Mike

[sanddrag]

TurboCNC should work just fine on a Pentium 90. It really is a nice piece of software. Nothing too fancy but easy to use, simple, and very functional.