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

At 06:23 PM 11/7/00 -0700, Tim wrote:

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

[snip]

>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

Yes, it does. But the umpteen steps of installing Linux and leading up to
running the script are what is off-putting. The only thing I've ever
compiled are QuickBasic programs. :-) For me the "price" is learning (or
worse, installing from rote without actually understanding it...) a whole
new operating system which I'll only be running one program under.

I'm imagining that, in any case, I'll probably try the freeware Stepster as
a lowest common denominator to prove out the CNC conversion.

But if the benefits are great enough (are things like constant-velocity
profiling really significant on a little machine like a Sherline?) I'll go
the Linux/RT/EMC route. At some point in time, DOS was as cryptic as
Martian to me too ("pipe", what's this "pipe"?... :-)

Best regards,

Randy

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