We just took the leap and bought our first CNC lathe, 1990 Conquest 42 with live tooling, really low hours clean machine.
I have lots of books that came with it, but don't have access to the prior operator. It has parts catcher, tool setter, tail stock, 12' bar feed and live tools.

Reading what I can on the Internet, it looks like it must have an indexing spindle or a full C axis. Is there an easy way to determine which I have?
Does anyone know what the resolution is on the indexing?

Also, if it is an indexing spindle, is it possible to upgrade it to a full C axis? Would this just be a card in the controller?

Thanks for any input,
Robert Paisley