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General Mach Discussion / Start from here

« on: December 11, 2011, 10:14:36 AM »

I have a Gcode file that runs over 10000 lines.  Its nice to see it running, etc, but can I stop the program at say line 4231, and restart it from there,   or load the program and run it from line 500.   With my present CAM software, I cant even see the code  being processed.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Will MACH3 ever support 64-bit systems? Officially? FYI, it's 2010

« on: September 18, 2011, 07:11:24 AM »

I just bought a used CNC router, cw really old PC with parallel port.  It died on day 2 of my playing with it.  I went and bought an older HP off Kijiji for 100 bucks, running XP pro.  I loaded all the software non it and it was up and running with no problems.   I have not yet switched to Mach3, because then I would need to upgrade the controller to run it.  $300 ready to go.   I am still a newbie trying to figure things out.  I am finding even the demo version of Mach 3 is a large help to me.   For those who want all the bells and whistles, do like an acquaintance of mine and spend $25000.  Hardly a hobbyists set up.

    Given that I make an awful mess in a very short time using it,  I fail to understand how anyone would be using the same pc machine to do other work in their shop. but thats just me.