Re: Minimum hardware for EMC

> From: John Murphy <john@...>
>
> Before I waste time trying, I wanted to get some peoples experience
> on using EMC.
>
> I've run linux on everything from piddly 386-16/4b on up, and have
> a nice rackmount 486-33 8/mb system already set up with linux and the RT
> extensions. X runs, although I don't use it much. Will this setup
> reasonably run a three stepper CNC mill? I'm not looking for high
> speed feed rates; I'll be quite content to take small bites and many
> slow

I've read the posts that have offered advice and mine is a little
different. Since you have a realtime linux running why not try to install
the EMC and see if it works. The compile from source should take about 20
minutes. If there is a binary version compatable with what you have, it
takes 20 seconds.

What flavors of linux and rtlinux do you have loaded? Do you have a
compiler on that system? If yes, what version?

Ray