"Pete C." wrote:

It's not a function of "giving up", and it is indeed a function of
knowing "what can be done". Old CNC controls were good in their day, but
a modern PC based control is vastly better in performance and function.

Old controls had very limited memory that can't keep up with modern CAD
generated G-code, had user interfaces that are atrocious by today's
standards, and lack the modern featured for quick at-the-control
programming of simple jobs. They also usually can't handle a 4th axis,
rigid tapping, or many other features of modern PC based controls.

If the old iron is good, it deserves a new productive life with a better
control.


My uses wouldn't need extra memory since it would be used for my
projects, not production.


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