Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 2286

Carol & Jerry Jankura wrote:

> Jon:
>
> Any idea what the overhead would be if you were to attempt to go this route
> (runnning Linux with an emulator - either one for DOS or Windows - and then
> try to execute a CNC g-code interpreter)? Would you expect that we'd see the
> same problems with running a DOS program with the Windows environment being
> active?

With EMC as the CNC motion program, and Wine as the Windows emulator, there
should be NO overhead, as EMC runs in the real-time environment, and takes
the time it needs by priority.

I can't say for sure that EMC, RT_Linux and VMWare are compatible. I have never
tried VMWare under RT_Linux, but might try it sometime. VMWare is an astonishing
piece of work, I use it to run both Linux and Win2000 at the same time on my computer
at work, and it works flawlessly. But, I haven't tried it with RT, and can see where
there might be problems.

Jon