Awl --
So, now that Le Fadal is bustid with spindle pro'lengs, I got time to 1. clean up, and 2. consider some mods.
The Fadal tech taking care of NJ, PA, and a bit of NY was surprised when I axed about RS232, his response was, Why go for 10 year old technology, when flash drives work so well, AND, he sez, can DNC!!! At least the one from CalMotion.com does.
Supposedly they make a portable version (wireless?? not sure), so that I can use one for both the Fadal and Haas, when it comes in.
Any opinions on the "obsolete-ness" of RS232 vs flash drives? Previous threads on this indicated to me that RS232 was the better way to go, so mebbe y'all can remind me why this is -- esp in light of the tech's claim that these calmotion flash drive units (which replace the 3.5" floppy) dnc as well . This tech sez lots of his customers have the calmotion unit, and luvit luvit. Which, btw, he does not sell, so there would appear to be no bias, vested interest.