Steps followed

• Unpacking, removing all wrapper bands :)
• Place the mill on a heavy (and stable) worktable. On the foot of mill are present also 4 holes to fix with 4 screw (metric = M5x1 60mm lenght) to the table. But Dan has suggest me DO NOT tie the machine down unless it is on a VERY FLAT table top. This can cause the machine to twist, making it inaccurate and causing it to bind. It's better to set the machine on a table covered with 1/4" thick black rubber mat.
• Verify that all motors cables are properly inserted in the controller and, if you have also the 4th axis rotary table, connect it to the same controller.
• Insert the parallel cable.
• Make sure the ground is properly connected. This is an important step, if you (like me) live in a country where a step-down transformer (220V to 110V) is necessary.

PC Operative System installation

• I had installed (and run) everything on a PC with Win98SE.
  But if you are looking for an alternative to old DOS, please read the freedos page.

SOFWARE INSTALLATION

• You can find at least one floppy disk with your tool. Simply insert it into your PC then double click on file setup.bat and all files will be copied in the newly created directory MAXNC_S.
• To install also the Win version of MAXNC software you need to explore the directory MAXNC_S, and then double click (open) the file dostowin.bat . NOTE FOR NON ENGLISH USER If you haven't installed an english version of windows 95/xx you need to edit the dostowin.bat changing the directories used on your pc. For example on my italian version I need to change every occurence of

          STARTM~1\\PROGRAMS     with     MENUAV~1\\PROGRA~1         

• Start your software clicking on the icon added to your desktop (personally I prefer to use always the DOS version of the software).

PARAMETERS SETTING

• Control that the file FILEDIR.DAT contains the directory that you want use to store your CNC files projects (with extension .T ). In my case I needed to change it to \MAXNC_S\E\ (and not only \MAXNC_S\ ).
• Setting the limits for your machine! The file SERVPTR.DAT must contains the maximum numbers of step that each axis can do to reach the end of its coarse. For example, I had found that the limits setting was for the MAXNC10. So I've changed the file as follows: (These are absolute limits for my MAXNC15 (with longer table of 18 inch)).  

• METRIC MEASURE To set correctly the measure in metric (millimeters) scale, you need only to change the parameter INCH OR METRIC SETTING in the program PR.EXE . You must not change the resolution parameters ( X RESOLUTION, Y RESOLUTION, Z RESOLUTION ): the value of 4000 (step per inch) is always correct.
• BACKLASH MEASURING AND SETTING Go to the page on Backlash .