Pocketrace 0 Posted November 16, 2020 Hello everyone, My father used to do signs with an old PNC-960. After the business closed because of his death I kept that precious machine like if it was a part of him. Now my 17 year old son needs to cut some vinyl. What a great way to talk about grandpa to him, it would be a nice grand father, father and son project(in some sort of way) to make this machine work again. That was in August. I bought a laptop with XP, got a USB to Parallel cable and software. But syill nothing When I plug it in the cutter's fan starts to run faster but I'm not able to do anything with it... I'm starting to lose my faith Is there a windows XP & PNC-9xx specialist in the room ? Eric "The Fool" Robidoux Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted November 16, 2020 This OP tried to do that. NO go. Put it on a Tripp-lite Keyspan Adapter That is the brand name. and a null modem serial cable. She ended up using Signblazer, cutting software,, as it is listed there as a cutter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikemike 711 Posted November 16, 2020 This may help a bit. https://webmanual.rolanddg.com/contents/manuals/PNC-960+910_USE_E_R5.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pocketrace 0 Posted November 16, 2020 3 hours ago, bikemike said: This may help a bit. https://webmanual.rolanddg.com/contents/manuals/PNC-960+910_USE_E_R5.pdf Thank you but I read it all a few times already.. In the last couple of months... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted November 17, 2020 Ditto on the Tripp-Lite Keyspan. It couldn't hurt. If you were able to buy a puter with XP on it, any chance that it's old enough to have a serial port on it? If so, instead of the keyspan, you can just try and use a null modem cable direct from puter to cutter. Even if you do go the keyspan route, you'll still need a null modem cable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
