I dont have a dongle.

no problem.

any other suggestions?

it wasnt loading the driver before.

no I hadn't

after putting them in it now loads the RS232 driver but I get the following errors

Error <151> RS232 driver not correctly installed
Error <181> software aborted

keep the ideas coming, i see light

Thank you for the advice it was very very interesting. I have made the changes and it looks right but for some reason it still will not connect. here is what I have tried thus far since my last post. editted Mirac .go to the following IBM.RS2 2 $3F8 4 MACHINE Denford1.kbd 1 18.2 $2F8 3 VGA.CRT 0 MIR...

What version of Windows are you running from? windows 98

Are the com ports set as Com 1 & Com2? yes

Can you boot directly in to Dos? yes but I have the same problems.

I am glad I am not the only one stumped on this.

https://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m574/cfmotorsports/IMG-20110928-00030.jpg this is how everything is plugged in https://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m574/cfmotorsports/IMG-20110928-00031.jpg BIOS showing Serial port connections https://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m574/cfmotorsports/IMG-2011092...

cool, I can do that. the old machine was a Pentium 2 900 running windows 98 running Mirac through the DOS prompt. the new PC is a pentium 4 3.0 running windows 98 and I am trying to run Mriac through the DOS Prompt when I open Mirac I am getting the error <error 128 software abborted> I can run Fanu...

it doesnt, version running is 2.26 according to the Dos program.

oh why cant i get this to work.

this mirac software is version 2.5 should I be using something different?

Yes I do, it is E0 4033

here is my .opt file AUTOERROR 0 DRAGMARKING 0 DISPLAYSIZE 3 Narrowsimbox 0 utils_menu_1 Dos Access Utils_go_1 Dos Utils_menu_2 turning designer Utils_go_2 Idesign HIGHFEED 1200 SLAVE_XDATUMFEED 1200 SLAVE_ZDATUMFEED 1200 MIRAC_SDEVICE MACHINE {SLAVE_SPINALFACTOR 1.2 MINTOOL 1 MAXTOOL 8 DC_BRAKE 0 (...

thanks for the info, I am using the RS232 lead that was working prior to my computer malfunction. I have no reason to believe it is faulty, but I will check it out. regarding my .go file here is what it looks like IBM.RS2 2 $3F8 4 COM 1 $ 3E8 4 Machine Denford.KBD 1 1 8.2 $2F8 3 VGA.CRT 0 Mirac.APP ...

thanks for the replys I have downloaded all the software (Mirac, FLStep, FanucL and LD etc...) the only software that does not load is the Mirac online programming from Mirac.zip, it is giving me an error in dos of Error 128. the offline programming works great and was just like before but it will n...

Hello I have a 1992 Mirac PC, a few weeks ago the contolling PC decided that it didnt want to work anymore. I have now replaced the PC but am now going through pain trying to set it back up again. I have all the software back on the computer to run the machine (Mirac and Fanuc) and the RS232 and Des...

I am going to try this out tonight and let you know if it works.

Does anyone have an idea where I can find the HK129 ALAN key bolts for the tool holders? I have 2 but are in need of 4 to get the holder to sit properly. any help would be appreciated.

Hello all
I just became the owner of a 1992 Mirac PC, so new havent even got the power installed yet. Just wanted to say hi and I look forward to chatting with you all.