Picked up a nice ISA 4 axis w/encoder stepper controller on Ebay for $5.00.
It's an OMS PC38. Got the drivers from OMS, installed the board in my
IBM PS1 (pos1) that I use to run my CNC Sherline mill. The board reports
it's OK and ready to roll. The OMC board uses Basic, Pascal, C, etc.
written I/O. I need a program (free) that will translate g-code to I/O
for the board. Anybody?
JR
Dweller in the cellar
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The PS-1 is Dos. The program I need (if Windoze)should output to file,
not write to the board.


JR North wrote:

Picked up a nice ISA 4 axis w/encoder stepper controller on Ebay for $5.00.
It's an OMS PC38. Got the drivers from OMS, installed the board in my
IBM PS1 (pos1) that I use to run my CNC Sherline mill. The board reports
it's OK and ready to roll. The OMC board uses Basic, Pascal, C, etc.
written I/O. I need a program (free) that will translate g-code to I/O
for the board. Anybody?
JR
Dweller in the cellar


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Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive
The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me
No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses
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Dependence is Vulnerability:
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"Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal"
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.."

The world has passed this of sort thing by. I got lucky, spotted the trend
three years ago and sold mine when it was still worth something.

Take a look at Mach 3 CNC software. Its better than the high cost commercial
stuff from only a few years ago. You'll need gecko dirvers to go with this.
There's a great newsgroup on this on Yahoo and on CNCzone.

Karl