RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] G-code interpreters in DOS?

The script should look just like a DOS batch file to you.

You can do all the RT compiling manually and then you can make the kernel
from the console without requiring 800 x 600. You will need to play with the
EMC interface to get it to format down to a 640 x 480 display, but that has
been done in the past.

OTOH, it is sounding like you may want to take a look at CNCPro. The
advantage to EMC is that you are getting a pretty high end controller for a
very low end price. It handles more g-codes than CNCPro from what I
understand.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> I went over to linuxcnc.org and looked at Tim Goldstein's "Scripted
> installation to apply the real time patch" page
>
> http://206.19.206.56/installemc.htm
>
> and that has kind of put me off. Besides being written in
> Martian (I'm a
> DOS weenie, remember :-) it calls for running X Windows at
> 800x600, which
> is a limitation since my to-be-CNC-controller has a fixed resolution
> 640x480 display.
>
> What I'm wondering (and I didn't see in my trek through the
> archives the
> other night) is what I'd be getting with a Linux/RT/EMC setup
> over a G-code
> interpreter running in DOS.
>
> To my understanding, DOS only runs a single program at a time
> (discounting
> TSR's), and the running program has direct hardware access so
> that it can
> do things like disk access at an "appropriate" time.
>
> Is there a reason why an interpreter running in DOS (this is a
> single-purpose machine) would have any disadvantages over the EMC?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy

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