Stuff you’ll need to build the system

Here’s a list of things to gather, for more details on each item, select it from the list on the left.

1. A Video Foucault Platform With Stepper driven stages
2. A Mel Bartels’ compatible stepper driver board (http://bbastrodesigns.com)
3. A way to get the video into your computer @ 320x240 pixels
4. A 233mhz or better computer running Win9X, Me, 2K, XP *1
5. And of course the code J http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm/rtaft_release/rtaft.zip (4.2MB)
6. OH, you may also just want to download this entire web help system, if so get it here:
7. http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm/rtaft_release/help.zip (2MB)

Note *1

The Code will run under Win 2K/XP, however you will need to select the RAFT_2K_XP batch file from the Windows Start Menu for RTAFT. The reason is Win 2K and XP do not allow software to directly access the hardware of your IO ports. For RTAFT to run, it MUST directly access the printer port. Consequently a group of fine programmers cam up with the PortTalk.sys & AllowIO.exe drivers that enable software to directly communicate with the hardware. These drivers are included and setup with the RTAFT install program, the only thing you’ll need to do is select the correct shortcut to use (I couldn’t figure out how to automate this, sorry!)