>> > That doesn't always work. luckily, there's one every year pretty
>nearby.
>> > That's where I got my Tandy 1000 with 4 LPT ports (I don't know how
>they
>> > all work, but they do, and I'm not gonna touch 'em). I was planning on
>> > using it as the controller, and hooking up printer guts and making it
>work
>> > by sending line feeds and spaces, and things like through BASIC.
>>
>> If you go to Doug Jones' page at the University of Iowa:
>>
>> http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~djones
>>
>> he has a link to some documentation and source code for gutting out
>> floppy drives so that you can control the stepper and spin the drive
>> motor.
>
>The link doesn't work.
>--
> -Jason
>(roblwill_at_usaor.net)
> ICQ#-1730318
I followed the link out, too, and found it dead. By snipping the ~djones
from the url, I got to the main page with a directory showing David Jones
in it. His index page took me to:
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/step/
My own interest in stepping motors has to do with building a rotating
platform for making Quicktime movies of objects. I figure I can use an old
salvaged mainframe hard drive spindle for the axis, and a stepper motor to
step the increments, using a geared-down belt and pulley system, perhaps.
It doesn't have to be really accurate. It would be nice to have it all
controlled automatically for a shoot, including triggering the camera, with
appropriate delays for things to happen in. I don't know if I'll get around
to doing the code on that; probably either do it manually, or use GUI
Applescript. If manual, I don't even need a stepper motor, do I?
I'm not a kid, I'm an old f**t, with fewer braincells not enough time and
not enough background. -Jim
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