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Discussion in 'General Talk' started by GrandpawB, Mar 10, 2014.

  1. GrandpawB

    GrandpawB Well-Known
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    Can anybody suggest a shareware ( not free to try) control software? I'll be using Mach3 when I can afford it, but for the time being, is there a free program?
     
  2. Christer Langley

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    Where are you located? I can send you some info. Also what type programs where you looking for? Vcarve?
     
  3. Christer Langley

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    LOL, Geez GrandpawB it dawned on me your in Toledo Ohio since your profile states that. Hmm.. I have a few ideas for you on software. PM me through [email protected]
    Im interested in what you do with your CNC though. I am all about networking and helping a battlebuddy..
     
  4. David the swarfer

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    If you want to try something really old you can look at TurboCNC.
    This runs on DOS so you have to jump around a bit to create a machine that boots to DOS (FreeDOS will work, so will Win98 booted to DOS).
    However, it will run on very meager hardware so is cheap to set up from that point of view.

    I have a Win98 machine that has a bootmenu so I can boot to Win98 or to MSDOS. This allow me to transfer files using the win98 networking, thne cut after rebooting.
     

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