In article <[log in to unmask]>, Tom Hula
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I have an application (CutRite) on a PC that optimizes cut patterns and then
>sent to each of the 3 saws. This is done over the COM1 line using an A-B-C
>switch to switch between saws.
>Whatever PC I place at that workstation, its operating system gets slowly
>degraded over time.
>There are different theories ... one is that the application itself, which
>is DOS-based, is the culprit. The other is that we are somehow getting
>feedback from the saws into the computer.
>
Sounds like the PC is just not happy with saw-tooth wave forms :-)
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