Centroid M400 5000 series control

[jizurda21]

I have a 1997 YCM-40 KneeMill. My hard drive crashed. I recieved some sort of files that were on Floppys from the original shop we bought the mill from. I'm assuming I need to put an operating software on the new hard drive before loading the files. I dont even know if any of this is possible but any direction you could give me would be great. TIA

[cnckeith]

great machine to fix up if the mechanicals are in good shape.

i'd toss and Allin1DC on it with a new computer and it would be good to go for another ten years.

https://shopcentroidcnc.com/allin1dc-cnc-controller/

https://amzn.to/3OWZ0wR

[mavenblueprint]

I have a 1997 YCM-40 KneeMill. My hard drive crashed. I recieved some sort of files that were on Floppys from the original shop we bought the mill from. I'm assuming I need to put an operating software on the new hard drive before loading the files. I dont even know if any of this is possible but any direction you could give me would be great. TIA

You'll need to provide more details on your PC/computer for the help to be more effective. I'm in a similar situation and you can read on my steps/progress here: https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=8943

If you have an older workstation similar to what I'm working on ( 80486DX2 CPU from '96 ) then you are looking at minimum these options:

1) Do what cnckeith said and upgrade.

2) Attempt to restore what you have ( no guarantee how long the fix might last ). If you choose this path like I have you'll have at least 2 paths:

a) Path 1: buy an IDE to Compact Flash adapter + Compact Flash card compatible with your machine ( for example if it's a x286 processor you may be limited by sizes of CF cards below 512MB ) you can see list of parts here: https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic. ... 140#p78140 In the end this didn't work for me even though I believe I had BIOS, CF industrial card size, and the rest of the settings my only guess is because the CF cards I have are either non-8bit mode or something else I don't know.

b) Path 2: buy an ISA adapter with XT-IDE software pre-flashed using the same CF card + IDE to CF adapter ( see process of using those parts here: https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic. ... 437#p78437 ). This did work for me and I got a bootable CF card finally you just have to know that you will essentially deal with 2 sets of BIOS screens on your workstation now and may even always have to skip one BIOS because the XT-IDE software essentially adds a 2nd BIOS. I haven't been able to fully configure CNC7 software since I can't locate CNC7 software installation guides.

If you go down the CF path you'll want to get familiar with:
https://ilovepa.ws/compact-flash-and-retro-pcs/
https://dosdays.co.uk/topics/cf_cards.php