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http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap_Options , the software toolchain section covers what you're asking. You have many choices for firmware, host, CAD and slicing software. http://www.repetier.com/ is probably the most familiar to users of this forum, although mainly in the context of the Rostock hardware ...

yes I'm in over my head. so I'm working on the H1 my brother gave me and after some major issues with the old controller, I ordered a RAMPS 1.4. Wiring and setup seem straight forward, however now I don't know what I'm doing. looking around I see plenty of people have used ramps with slic3r and ...

Couple big gotchas I see....what you have there is a 4-axis TB6560 parallel port controller, which the reprap industry has been moving away from since computers tend not to have parallel ports anymore. If you've got a working antique handy, you may still be ok on that front. The parallel port ...

Welcome! What I see in the picture looks like the original H1, not the H1.1. The differences are visible to those who know the difference, but functionally it's the same. The H1 and H1.1 sections of the forum have lots of broken links to the seemecnc site. Much of that information has been moved ...

So it all started about a month ago my dear older brother told me he had the H1.1 started and let it sit around for quite some time. so he volentold me to put it together and here I am.[img]http://i.imgur.com/CffzsBbl.jpg[/img]