Lathe controller

I would like to control a lathe for turning, facing, screwcutting, tapers etc but I do not want to go the full CNC with CAM/CAD MACH, and PC.

I have dug up this Autoturn controller

http://www.putnamengineering.com/index.shtml

So has anyone had experiences with this or this kind of controller and could talk a bit about it.

Thanks

No, I have no experience at of it at all, but what amazes and pleases me is that they are using "my" lathe for this exercise - Prazimat
I shall definitely investigate it.
Thank you for the link