Date : Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:59:26 -0000
From : "Mike" <profpep@...>
Subject: Re: Beeb CNC Interfacing Systems?
I don't think it's for the Denford system either:
I've got a copy of 'Easimill' and the manual etc.That hasn't got a ROM. The
dongle was missing, but for authenticities sake I reverse engineered it:
it's some resistors in an analogue port plug, the dongle check simply looks
for appropriate voltages. Of course you could become a serious black hat and
edit the Basic...;) I'm hpoing the guys who had the system will let me have
now they've stopped using it. Might make a good pcb prototyper.
Sadly Paramax is a widespread name, my attempts at googling ran into sand!
Have grabbed the ROM contents and looked at the copyright messages?
I do a lot of repairs for industrial machinery, so I can make enquiries,
given more data.
||\/||ike
----- Original Message -----
From: "neil f" <faz@...>
To: "'neil f'" <faz@...>; <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:44 PM
Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Beeb CNC Interfacing Systems?
>
>
> >
> > I have a BBC B issue 7 here that contains four ROMs. The
> > first is the standard Acorn part. The next three ROMs are
> > covered with printed labels from "CNC Interfacing Systems".
> > They appear to contain a CNC program called Paramax II v0.8.
> > The Beeb came with a longish, heavy-duty serial cable which I
> > assume supplied output commands to some kind of
> > machining-centre hardware.
> >
> > ROM 1 = Acorn ROM
> > ROM 2 = DFS 1.2 /CNC etc
> > ROM 3 = Paramax II 0.8 /CNC etc
> > ROM 4 = OS 1.2 /CNC etc
> >
> > I've put a pic of the ROMs here:
> > http://www.anf.nildram.co.uk/CNC%20beeb.html
> >
> > Has anyone come across the company, software or hardware before?
> >
> > -Neil F.
> >
>
> The opening screen is interesting:
>
> BBC COMPUTER
>
> CNCIS DFS
>
> BASIC
>
>
> *HELP gives:
>
> DFS 1.2S
> DFS
> UTILS
>
> PARA-MAX II v1.00
>
> OS 1.20
>
> (what's the 'S' in 1.2S for?)
>
> -Neil.
>
>
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