Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC, ISA and other Questions...

I need to "Third" it then. Dave and Ivan are completely right. Linux is
worth Learning. You wont regrete any amount of difficulty you have setting
it up and getting EMC going. But if your looking for the fast way out and
dont want to mess with Linux then Contacting Jerry would be your best bet.
Have you read the EMC docs yet?

Vince

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From: "Dave Lantz" <dlantz@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 5:17 AM
Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC, ISA and other Questions...


> I have to second the "give linux a chance" part. it really isn't that
> different from windows. it is very stable, and very powerfull, and the
KDE
> desktop looks and feels very much like the windows GUI. the EMC BDI takes
> care of most of the install problems (if not all), all you'd need to do is
> configure the ini files and you'd be good to go! much easier then loading
> into windows, fixing problems.. tinkering with it, watching it break and
> then reloading your OS! ... ---Dave L.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Nichols <ouisel@...> [mailto:ouisel@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 8:12 AM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC, ISA and other Questions...
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> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "zestronad54529
> <dpeter@n...>" <dpeter@n...> wrote:
> > I haven't gone hacking into EMC yet, but has anyone tried to
> port
> > it to windows? I normally work in VB and VC++ and as of yet not
> > played in Linux and haven't even seen a Unix box in 15 years.
>
> Perhaps a little OT, but you may want to look at Unix/Linux again. I
> worked with a NICE Unix box in Eng Dept at last shop I was at. You
> can choose GUI, text, or use both in different windows -- and crash
> in one application doesn't stop everything else. I'm trying to get a
> box around to load an old version of RedHat (never could get a
> separate machine around for it before), so I really can't tell you
> about Linux yet.
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