Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BlackBox Housing Compromise ?

aspaguy wrote:

> (snip)As I understand it, shop conditions are very hard
> on floppy & cd drives. If one were to network the shop computer with
> one in a clean office. you could remove the floppy & cd drives if you
> needed more room to mount other accessories.

EXACTLY ! I know everyone gets bent over a PC out near a machine. Maybe they
need to give up listening to those Ted Nugent disks at work !

Set a PC up and Yank the CD and Floppy !

I sure hope I never ever get caught again with a toolpath on a floppy disk.
That is a total waste of time once you have a network. This is why a Windows
Controller is/has been so appealing.

One caution would be to make sure everything works in ONE box. I have heard
of some not working because of inadequate shielding on one or the other side
of the components.
Otherwise I too, think with the ultra small size of those geckos and the
possible small size of this new black box thing they would fit in the 5.25
section. Then, maybe one could have everything including the PC inside one
Tower PC cabinet. Perfect for smaller machines !

neat.

Chris L