RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 2286

Linux (EMC) can read fat formatted (DOS) floppies just fine. I just
shove them in an it works. To set up the other EMC sessions to work you
have to go in and edit the corresponding .ini file to be appropriate for
your computer and machine.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----

>
> Hi guys,
> I enjoyed talking to many of you at N.A.M.E.S. In watching
> this list many of you have extolled the merits of EMC. So I
> picked up a EMC BDI CD and have since managed to install it
> on my old computer. Now what? I use Dolphin on my main
> computer and the G-code files are/can be put on disc, MS
> formatted of course. Linux/EMC writes disks in it's own
> format, I think, and will not read/write a disk from the MS
> Windos computer, I think. At least I haven't been able to do
> it?? How do I get g-code into the EMC box? How/where do I
> get software that the Linux/EMC computer will run other than
> the EMC program? There are several EMC icons on the desktop
> and only the simulation responds. When it does it appears to
> be working correctly, I think. Any direction here would be
> greatly appreciated. PJH
>
>
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