Re: EMC up and running

Hi Dan,
I just made a request for exactly what you are thinking about. Count me in!

Gary Passon (a slow, but steady CNC'r)
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Dan Mauch wrote:

> From: "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...>
>
> I got Emc up and running. It only took about 3 hours from start (loading
> linux) running Tim's script and loading and installing the emc files. I
> spent more time trying to get the emc.run files to work then it did to load
> all the software. I finally d/led Matts .ini and .run files and made the
> changes and it worked!!!!
> I will connect it to a controller in the next day or so and see how it
> performs.
>
> Don't be misled by the above. It wasn't as easy as that sounded. Previosuly
> I had
> run into numerous problems especialy with modems. I never did have the video
> problems. I plan to do a lessons learned report that hopefully will fill in
> some gaps and help others get their system up.
>
> BTW Peter mentioned that it would be great if someone would come up with a
> complete system ready to run. I have toyed with the idea of picking up some
> surplus PC and load linux and all the software. The pc would be equipped
> with a keyboard,a mouse a 17" sony monitor, a 75-90 Mhz Pentium CPU with a
> 1gig HD a floppy and 32mb of Ram
> I think I can pick up a pallet load of these systems for a reasonable price.
> The biggest problem I see would be packing them for shipment.
> If there is enough interest I may take this task on. I also will see if it
> may be better to just buy new stuff and assemble a batch of systems. If
> interested send me some email.
> Dan
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