maybe you are young enough that wasted time does not matter as
much as it does to us "senior citizens"
if i had gotten mach4 years ago i would probably have saved
enough in broken cutters to pay for it. same true for ESS.
since i run a small business anything that saves time and money
is welcome.
i resisted mach4 for a while because i thought it would be a lot
to learn. it definitely was not trivial but a dedicated two days
should do it. the documentation is very good but there are a few
obscure things that might take a while to figure out.
On 4/2/2021 3:52 PM, Stephen Gould
wrote:
I would love to upgrade to Mach4 but the combined cost of a
new controller (to replace the printer port one for a USB or
network one) and the software license, makes it a huge jump,
especially for hobbyists. Mach3 ? Is given away free and the
printer port controllers are sub ?30. Any suggestions?
Get
i like to think of myself as a special needs individual. when
i was young i probably gave no thought to seeing stuff. i
could see from literally 2 inches to infinity. and i could see
at night. now i have lights and magnifiers and 5 different
pair of expensive glasses and still can't see.
how old are you? might never hear from me again i am going to
restore my computer to the last century to see if the fan
stops screaming.
On 4/2/2021 11:07 AM, Brian
Barker wrote:
At the end of the day it is in the
screen designer so you can change the font and colors to
anything you like. I am just trying to make something that
works better for the older guys. BTW I feel like I am catching
up to you guys fast!?
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I like the contrast.
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Sent from for Windows 10
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High contrast
colour schemes are garish but essential for some of
us old folks. Low contrast—shades of gray – look
sophisticated but are mostly illegible. Why not make
the colour scheme and font size user selectable
options?
?
?
Hi Guys,
I have been working with Spencer
in the background and he made a good point that the
colors in the gray screens are a bit hard for people
to see. We have been working on a simpler screen for
a new section of the webpage that will be going up
soon. I would like to know what you guys think about
this screen. It has a setup page and a run page. if
you need to do diagnostics and setup that is not
what this screen is for. You can also use the
logging window if your trying to see what is going
on in the software.
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I know it could look more artistic
but it is what it is
______________________________
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Brian Barker
Engineering / Devlopment
ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
Phone: 207(618)1449
Webpage:
On 4/1/2021
1:27 PM, Joe Andolina wrote:
This might
be the nudge I need to move over to Mach4. As a
hobbyist?I only get so much time in the shop.
Making my time there more efficient would be
amazing!
?
I am being tempted also is
there a special price discount to upgrade?
Jim
> On 1 Apr 2021, at 08:56, Thayer Syme <thayer@...>
wrote:
>
> ?Spencer,
>
> It is great to hear you got it all sorted
out. I'm still running M3 on an old XP machine
and am happy with it, but you are tempting me
to look into the upgrade.
>
> Thayer
>
>> On 4/1/21 12:14 AM,
spencer@... wrote:
>> There were suggestions in the past
about upgrading to mach4. I thought mach3 was
OK and why learn all new stuff?
>>
>> Well the reason is that mach4 is so
much better, it is well worth the learning
even for an old fart like me.
>>
>> It took me a day to get all the
settings migrated to mach4 using ESS.
>>
>> I have been using mach4 for two
partial days now and have not had a single
hiccup or misfeed which were becoming more
common in mach3.
>>
>> There are so many really cool
features most of which I will never use but
for accuracy stability and reliability I think
mach3 can't come close to mach4.
>>
>> I wish someone had forced me to
change years ago, i would have a lot more hair
not pulled out in frustration with mach3.
>>
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Best regards, Spencer Chase
67550 Bell Springs Rd.
Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only.
Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only.
Spencer@...
(425) 791-0309
