Looking at a cent V control on a Partner 4.
Appears to have a 4 digit serial number, -B control on it. (not able to access it right now).
It has video card 'issues'. May be something simple. May be not so much. Old tech, anyway.
I have some experience dealing with a similar machine. Not going in blind, at least, not completely.
Wondering if anyone has gone the "full upgrade" route from Milltronics of late, and roughly what were the prices like. From a few posts here, the control and pendant package is around $2K. Is this playing out correctly? Plug and Play? DIY or need a tech to install?
Pondering whether 'tis better to look at a new control package, or to play some jiggery pokery with the computer that runs the Cent V and build a replacement with a single card computer and a ISA equipped backplane. Anyone ever used one of them? Seems a real option to get more than just one or two ISA slots on a computer these days.
Wondering how seamless it might be if a fella dropped the simdisk onto a backplane along with the controller cards and started it up.
Cheers
Trev