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- Public Brand Software
- 3750 Kentucky Avenue
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- 46241
-
- From:
- George Mc Duffee - Instructor
- Manufacturing Technology Department
- Allen County Community College
- 1801 North Cottonwood
- Iola, Kansas
- 66749
-
- Date:
- November 30th, 1990
-
- Subject:
- Submission of software
-
- In directory \CLOCK
-
- (1) clocks - three clock programs with M/S QBASIC 4.5
- source.
-
- (2) CLOCK - Digital clock will run on any type
- monitor -- feature is times square banner that comes up
- every 10 minutes and music on the hour. Can be easily
- customized to display any text message up to 32000
- characters.
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- (2.1) ACLOCK - Analog style clock with second hand that
- makes tick/tock sound. Uses Hercules graphics mode and
- requires that MSHERC [TSR Hercules graphics "driver"
- program from Microsoft] be run before program will
- work. Can be easily changed [one value in one line] to
- work on any type monitor if you have MS QB 4.5.
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- (2.2) ABCLOCK - Analog style clock that runs backwards.
- comments in 1.2 apply
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- In directory \MENU
-
- (3) Cheap & easy menu system.
-
- (3.1) ACCCMNU.BAT - a long batch file which uses
- Ansi.sys escape control codes to present a multicolor
- menu on a cga or better monitor. The escape codes can
- be edited for a monochrome screen for
- dim/bright/inverse/blink etc. The small *.com files
- called by the batch file such as nocurs.com,
- bigcurs.com, reply.com, wiperite.com, wipeleft.com were
- text files from Supercharging MS DOS by van Wolverton
- or a magazine and were "assembled" using debug. This
- runs slowly on a 8088 system but is quite acceptable on
- a 286 or better. Graphic capability is not used.
- Edit.bat is a batch file to edit the menu and uses
- attrib to set the file to read/write and then back to
- read only. Edlin is suggested as an editor to avoid
- including any non printing or stripping the high bit
- from the text.
-
- In directory \ADI2CNC
-
- (4) AutoCad->CNC tools/utilities
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- (4.1) ADI2CNC - a utility for AutoCAD - any version
- which supports an ADI plotter. Program converts ADI
- plotter commands into CNC G/M codes for "standard"
- Numerical Control machine tools. In effect this
- converts a machining center [CNC milling machine] into
- a plotter. You can then mill a solid metal [wood,
- plastic, etc] version of a paper plot. This does not
- do any three dimensional contouring but works great for
- plaques, name plates, any thing that is a two
- dimensional plot. As written the program is setup for
- an ADI plotter configuration for an Apple 410 plotter
- [.1 M/M 254 points per inch Horizontal/Vertical and a
- maximum size of 391.8 M/M by 239.4 M/M]. The output is
- for an Emco F1 educational machining center with a
- maximum work cube of 100 M/M deep by 200 M/M wide by
- 200M/M high. The Emco F1 controller requires a special
- data format. As the program is written in structured
- MS QB 4.5 the constants and data templates can be
- easily changed. The program is strictly point to point
- and does not generate curves as such, just a bunch of
- short, straight line segments. The first 4 lines of
- the ADI plotter file are discarded before using the
- ADI2CNC program as these select the #1 pen, set the
- plotter speed, etc which is not required. Depth of
- cut, vertical and horizontal feed rates can easily be
- reset in the source.
-
- (4.2) RENUMCNC -- A utility to renumber the cnc
- programs generated by the above program. The F1 cnc
- controller can only handle 221 lines and frequently a
- complex plot will require more lines. The solution is
- to split the one big program into a bunch of little
- ones. Both QB 4.5 source and exe file provided.
-
- (4.3) HEADER.CNC AND FOOTER.CNC -- When the program is
- split each segment will require a special header and
- footer segment to properly load into the controller.
- These can be "included" or inserted in the files.
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- I certify all included programs were written by me and permission
- is hereby given for public use and modification. No
- responsibility for the accuracy, fitness for use or safety is
- assumed and use or modification of any of these programs shall
- constitute acceptance of this condition and waiver of any claims
- against me.
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- F. George Mc Duffee
- Instructor
- Manufacturing Technology Department
- Allen County Community College
- 1801 North Cottonwood
- Iola, Kansas
- 66749
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- Phone:
- School - (316)-365-5116
- Business (316)-365-6776
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