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Here goes !......BMC 30 problem.

Basically the Z axis will not settle. Constantly moving about 0.1 to 0.15.....
When i callibrate the machine, Z is not zero but 0.700
Also, if i press...

So.... my turn has come to have the track ball die on my BMC 30 with Max 3 control....
Ball works in vertical but not horizontal direction, so i did the usual take it apart and clean, check...

Here you go.........

Your welcome Ian.....here's Garfield too....think that's all i have. Don't have Spongebob ...sorry. If i get a chance i'll do him over the weekend, doesn't take that long when you get in to...

And Mickey Mouse also........enjoy. Took me ages to draw around images off net for these. Things we do for our kids...:)

Here's another i did a while back of Wall-e for my kids.........hope it's of use to someone.

Resurrecting this, but if anyone needs the pages explaining the parameter bytes / functions, and a few others subjects, i have about 100 pages of the manual for OT scanned and saved ...so could...

Got this to work at last. Bit of playing around and...bingo ! I found that if i pull the power supply to the emulator, then power it up again.....it works fine. Pull out the pen and reinsert it and...

Thats the one alright. It came with an SD card which fits into a USB adaptor.....i tried formatting to 720 and 1.4 on the machine itself and still got no joy ? I'll have to experiment a little more...

If i can get a hold of him i will `!! Hard man to get hold of sometimes, even though he only lives a mile or two from my machine shop........

Ok so i tried this. It tries to read it, the light flashes on it and then says ' cannot find device ' I tried formatting the pen on the machine and still no joy. I gave up after a while and put...

Yes thats an option ok.....Just i've seen these floppy drive emulators on the net and if it worked it would be great to get away from floppy discs once and for all. I have just ordered one today, so...

Hi all, first post so please be gentle !! Has anybody successfully managed to change the floppy drive on a BMC 30 to one of the usb emulator types ??
Something i would definately do if i thought...