On Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 18:09 John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote:

>
> You're right of course.   I don't think the target is existing BBB users.
> I think the target market is people whos PCs are running MACH and the
> hardware has potentially reached end of life.   I found with this latest
> set of PCs I bought that the motherboard hardware is too new for WIN-XP.
> So one has to find drivers.  It's like plugging in an ASUS USB WiFi
> module.  Doesn't work with WIN-XP.  Does with WIN-7.  Could never find a
> driver for LinuxCNC.
>

The Mach 3 guys will just buy a $115 uc100 and plug into the BOB or the new
$50 Sainsmart BOB/motion controller board and plug into a USB port.  That
is pretty much the standard set up for Gatton CNC builders.

Dave

>

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