Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Minimum hardware for EMC

Ray wrote:

> 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.

Umm, if you've never run Linux on a 486, you don't realize the difference
in CPU performance! It could take 5 hours to compile all of EMC.

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

Because of the memory page differences, I'm not sure a binary would work, but
I have a fairly strong feeling it wouldn't.

Jon