Re: Linux vs. DOS

>> From: "Matt Shaver" <mshaver@...>
>> Well, there are of course two approaches to this. One of them involves a
>> soldering iron... I'm not a programmer by any stretch of the imagination,

Tim, make an adapter with a male and female DB-25 plug. Sort of a pass
through connector that crosses signals to fit what you need. I have made a
few to adapt controllers that were using Dancam and then Maxnc. You could
pull it in and out of the input path as you test all these programs out.

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To be

>honest, you are the first person to control a stepper machine with the EMC.

Now you tell us! :-) The list has been quiet this weekend. I figured
everyone was busy setting up their Linux machines like me. I just got
Redhat 5.2 yesterday and have gone through some of the same things Tim has
been through, but not gotten as far.
I read in one of the READMEs that kernels can be compiled on other machines
and then inserted into a seperate system. If it could be pulled off for
this, (enhanced RT Linux +Redhat 5.2) it would be a real timesaver.(Fred,
Matt, hint hint ;-) )
I have been watching this thread and am saving all the notes. I hope to be
the second one to run the stepper EMC. Thanks for all the insallation
advice Matt and Tim!

Thanks,
Dan Falck