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  1. What brand name of computer do you use? Just purchased T400 today

    I am somewhat like jiarby I usually build my own but during a research assignment for class at the computer school i am currently enrolled in, I stumbled across the specs for the new commodores,...they can run windows,linux, and Mac OS's and with a removable hardrive bay you can have the best of...
  2. Great documentary on sign painting...

    btdt Si ,....every time I see this I remember sumthin' else I forgot,....I can remember dreading having to haul my butt and my helpers up on those old damned manila rope falls,..I don't miss the nasty callouses and rough hands the rope left ya with though,...or the keen sense of hearing you...
  3. Old Paint lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    rest up bud,...glad to hear yer back home and recoupin' ,....be nice to Hennie,you might need her for sumthin',...hahahahahaha God bless and git better Joe,....timi,.... oh yea like yer new avatar mosh,.,... edited to add,...do what the docs say about the eye Joe,...you can walk onna peg...
  4. Old Paint in Hosp..

    git better joe,...
  5. 32-bit or 64-bit ?

    Before you install any upgrade to windows seven on a two year old laptop you should check the windows upgrade adviser site to be sure the hardware is up to the task,....secondly if it is and you can install win 7 64 bit make sure there are drivers available in 64 bit versions for your...
  6. Wanting to build a thermoforming machines vacuum forming machines

    Back in the sixties a friends dad decided to make his own vacuform oven,...later that year it caught fire and burnt down the strip center the shop was behind,it devastated the family financially for at least a decade and needless to say put an end to a very promising sign business,...my...
  7. Careful with your smartphone applications...

    when I got my first computer back in 1990 a buddy of mine was already writing code and using the earliest form of the internet when everyone else was still using windows version 1(back then it was a point and click file list) Well when windows 3.11 came out with netscape he showed me on his...
  8. Inspiration to make quality signs

    I found out a very long time ago I do my best work and put the extra energy in work that pays better than the going rate,..guess I am just too dumb and honest but I've found that I really go that extra mile if that extra dollar is in it for me. It's alot easier to get inspiration doing work for...
  9. Old Paint in Hosp..

    git better Joe,...and don't be pickin' at the nurse's,....
  10. Casmate Help

    Both flexi-sign and signlab version 7 will import scv files which are generated by casmate. both pieces of software will run on windows seven machines,...
  11. Dika 1350 connection problem

    It sounds like windows is assigning a different port to the usb to serial adapter when it reboots,..usb ports can be assigned differently every time windows 7 and or xp boots so you have to get in the habit of checking the device manager to see what port number gets assigned to the...
  12. Help Needed - Ancient Cutter

    If you want to spring for the cost a single license of VM(virtual Machine) Ware workstation runs about $150,(compared to windows 7 pro {$200} which is what mickey soft requires to run virtual xp)..this is basically the same program windows seven uses for virtual xp and works on just about any...
  13. Is it safe to look at OP's "Best Christmas ever Gift"

    Thanx for the Holiday laugh Jill I couldn't have said it better if I tried,.....
  14. Dika 1350 connection problem

    with the serial to usb adapter most of the problems occur when windows assigns a random port number to the usb adapter,..you will have to go to control panel then hardware and sound then printers and devices and the device manager will be there,... open it and check the ports heading to see if...
  15. Ever have one of those moments....

    Had a buddy who had those rumblings Jill spoke of and just as he felt them sneaking up he turned to his girlfriend and asked if she saw the fly perched up on the ceiling ,....to which she said yes,...well I'm gonna spit on that fly to which he started to hock up a gooey like he was gonna do...
  16. Dika 1350 connection problem

    you don't say what kind of connection you are using,...usb/lpt/serial com port??????
  17. Graphtec 3100 Problems

    you will need a null modem cable to attach to the serial to usb adapter,..a null modem cable has a couple of pins swapped in the wiring to allow the computer to handshake with the plotter(poll the width of material/check if the plotter is online and ready to cut,etc.....)once you have one of...
  18. The Return of Arlo...

    git better dude,..its good to see you back,...
  19. Serial cable?

    what you need is a null modem cable,but if you have one then all you need is a normal serial cable extention,...you don't want to hook to null modem cables together or you defeat the purpose of the null modem cable,...there are two pins swapped on a null modem cable. They are swapped so the...
  20. Is it possible to make your plotter wireless?

    it would seem that a slave pc and or old mac could serve as a unit to run the plotter and be networked via wlan(wireless local area network) would be the simplest way to achieve what you want to do. It doesn't take a power house design station to drive a plotter as the process is simple enough...
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