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Country Bubba:
It has 3 usb ports.

But I for one, don't want a mouse in the shop.

mattinker:

--- Quote from: John Stevenson on March 28, 2015, 08:41:17 AM ---
--- Quote from: Country Bubba on March 28, 2015, 08:30:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: vtsteam on March 27, 2015, 10:35:20 AM ---Somebody needs to come out with a 5 volt single board computer the size of a credit card that runs DOS natively and has a CNC compatible parallel port and a B/W LCD display capability. Doesn't even have to be more than 100 Mhz and look like a 486.

Or better yet, we need a DOS tablet, with a parallel port! :lol:

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Hey Steve, how about this box for dos?

http://www.roboard.com/ncbox-189.html

And it can be found here:

http://www.robotshop.com/en/roboard-ncbox-189-cnc-machine-controller.html

And their located in your part of the world!

Robotshop inc.
555 VT Route 78 suite 367
Swanton, Vermont, USA, 05488

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No mouse terminal ?

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John,

One problem, Steve doesn't want to spend more than two shillings and four p'nce on it!

Matthew

John Stevenson:

--- Quote from: Country Bubba on March 28, 2015, 09:04:17 AM ---It has 3 usb ports.

But I for one, don't want a mouse in the shop.

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Der, slaps head with big dirty hand.
I have an old DOS machine running AHHA and can run that without a mouse fine but it's next to impossible to run windows programs without a mouse.

vtsteam:
When all is said and done and we get a small computer board and a screen and a keyboard and lets say we're going to run DOS and TurboCNC....... seems like some old funky 486 DX66 laptop with a small screen and therefore a small footprint is actually going to be more compact than all the other separate micro stuff hooked together with a power supply and cables, etc.

And I don't know why I hadn't thought of it, but I do have an old Win95 NEC 486 DX66 laptop, that will run DOS on startup, actually in quite good condition stuffed away somewhere "in case I ever found a use for it".

The only question is, John S. Is TurboCNC single pulse pickup threading no good, or probably okay for a bodger like me?

ps There's a business in Vermont???

vtsteam:
Pekka re. thread follower -- I really do have a soft spot in me heart for a purely mechanical solution (other than change gears) -- and I've been hanging onto this picture, got from -- I don't remember where -- for a decade.

I'm really tempted to do something like this, or along this principal, anyway. Decisions, decisions......

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