dinosaurs and mastercam 8.1

[mc since v3]

WOW, i feel old. Like the name states, started in V3. Didn't even have "drafting" until V3.1 i believe.

[The Chipmaker]

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In my lifetime of machining we've gone from "machine shop" to "adult daycare center". Including and especially Doosan.

I almost spit my coffee out on this line! I just hit 60. Been using MC since 1989-1990 V3.1 I believe. GREAT THREAD!!

[JoshC]

On 4/11/2023 at 1:35 AM, Bubba1965 said:

I am a dinosaur and nearly a luddite but i want to help

have a friend who is also a dinosaur he has a Mastercam license such that he always gets updates and new versions sent to him.

he is familiar with Mastercam 8.1 and has made a good living with it.

When his ancient computer died he had the hdd copied to the new computer. his hasp works great with the newer versions of Mastercam.

but cannot get version 8.1 to start and talking to the reseller who says no help or support is available for the older versions such as 8.1

any ideas on how to get up and running again?

mind you that the new software is available but he is so locked into the old version that anything new will not be attempted

out of the options, 1, getting training and run a supported pc and version of software (since you said yourself the new software is available to him) vs 2. trying to figure out how to get something to work that is not supported and is only going to keep becoming more unsupported, and with an old pc and setup to make it work which will probably exceed the cost of a modern pc with professional mastercam training i feel like your doing things the hard way or not being completely honest on the copy of mastercam being legit. 

[chris_sirois]

Dinosaur! lol

I started in 1993 with V4

[Thad]

On 4/21/2023 at 12:31 PM, chris_sirois said:

Dinosaur! lol

I started in 1993 with V4

Chris, is there any chance that you're related to the late Patrick Sirois; retired army veteran and police officer?