RE: EMC & RT Linux

Greg,
EMC will probably not work on the laptop. Not because it is a laptop, but
because it is a 486. There have been a number of people that have tried to
get the real time kernel to work with 486s, but the ultimate solution for
everyone has been to go to a Pentium class machine (Intel or AMD, some
people have had problems with Cyrix).

You may want to look at DeskNC and CNCPro. Both of these run under DOS. I
have used both DeskNC and EMC and think EMC is a better program, but if the
hardware is not up to the requirements of RT Linux and EMC I would say that
DeskNC is worth looking at. There are a number of people on this mailing
list that are getting good results with CNCPro.

Here are the links to the 2 programs:
http://pwp.value.net/yeager/cncpro/
http://www.deskam.com/DeskNCDOS.htm

Hope that helps.


Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Nuspel [mailto:nuspelg@...]
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 6:50 AM
> To: CAD CAM EDM DRO
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC & RT Linux
>
>
> From: Greg Nuspel <nuspelg@...>
>
> I have an old 486sx laptop on which I would like to run control software
> for my project if possible. I was wondering if Real Time Linux along
> with EMC is the answer?
>
> I am running 4 axis x,y and u,v on a hot wire foam cutter. The unit is
> for cutting foam wings for radio control airplanes. The software has to
> create a spline through the airfoil coordinates. I have a copy of an
> algorithm for this purpose. I had already set up boards for this project
> using the design Hans Wedermeyer created. I was going to use CNCPro but
> it doesn't support macros in which a spline algorithm could run.
>
> Presently there is some software out there for this purpose but it has
> been written for Windows 9x using an external clock to maintain a form
> of real time control. My problem is my laptop is old has no CD-ROM so
> loading Windows 95 onto a 486sx 25mhz is not very feasible.
>
> I am looking for suggestions from those of you who are the experts in
> this area. If there are no other solutions I will look at changing my
> computer for the system.
>
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