The SMM module seems to run fine on XP as do my macros that use the shell command. Interestingly this morning I fired up in XP to see if the SMM would start and sure enough the command box popped up just like it does in win2k. After messing with other functions for a short time FFM hung again. I did find however that by using the mouse to click the icon on the task bar to bring FFM back into focus I could use the keyboard to navigate just fine. Seems that only the mouse is not transmitting to FFM. I have seen odd behavior in win2k when using this intellimouse and I wonder if it's part of that? I will unload my mouse software and try again and let you guys know.
bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 4:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'smartcam user group' Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] smartcam replacment Excuse this XP rant, but...... I have been wondering when this would be posted. Not only will Smartcam not run on XP, but any and ALL software that has modules like Smartcam's SMM, that run in a DOS box in the background. XP has NO DOS at all, guess what? This is when everybody buys a dedicated pc for Smartcam running Win2k, ME, 98 or 95, ugh. Not only Smartcam shells to DOS operations, I have quite a few other programs that will either live happily on a pre-XP machine or I buy all new software. Now you see why Microsoft did away with DOS, to sell more software. Yet another sticking point, you will also need a pc built within the past year because XP won't run on any older pc's. XP is not in my budget. I don't need it unless it is in an XP only environment. I figure that Smartcam will run for quite a few years just like it has for over 10 years. I still have not seen a better software anywhere. Smartcam forever, and maybe for whatever comes after that too. Michael Bob Looney wrote: > > Unfortunately we will all be switching in a cpl years. I just installed RC2 > of winXP and SmartCAM is still hanging like it did in RC1. Can't put my > finger on it yet but sys process says it's still running and each click of > the mouse dims the group pallet panel, but nothing works. > Oh well, I might be able to milk a couple more years out of it using Win2k. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 8:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] smartcam replacment > > For the money, Gibbs will get you up and running fast. I see a var in > Atlanta > had a hard time with a horizontal, nothing to worry about, Gibbs does a nice > job with this. > Also the Process save function in gibbs will help you over the long run. > Training in Gibbs will be faster then MasterCAM and function will out do > fcam. > I have used all three over the past. I would suggest Gibbs over the other > two. > Don O > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== -- Michael Gailey Visit our CAD/CAM/CNC Programming and 3D modeling website http://www.microsystemsgeorgia.com/toc.htm mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
