Re: EMC for DOS?

> The basis of EMC is NOT the C language, it is real-time extensions

to

> the Linux kernel. In DOS, people roll their own, take over the

interrupt

> system,
> and grab control at the hardware level. This is not very portable,

as it will

> work on brand "A" motherboard, but not on brand "B". But, lots of

people

> do it. If the CNC program is the ONLY thing you will run, then it

may be

> reliable, but may be interfered with or interfere with various

devices, device

> drivers, etc.


> The advantage of Linux is that you can send G-code files over a

network,

> edit G-code while another program is running, pop up a calculator

while

> entering some MDI commands, etc.

What about DR DOS?

http://www.drdos.com/

It seems to overcome these limitations and can/does run under
GNU/Linux.

mike