Re: EMC question

Once I get all the foofie stuff I don't need torn out of this linux/EMC install I have a feeling the 200MHz PC will run circles around my manual mini-milling capability. ?

When I'm running a 5GHz machine on my desk, then maybe I'll put the 1.4 Athlon I'm running now in the shop, and save time and mess by simply putting the 200MHz machine out with the trash.

I've already had my fun with 12 pound sledges and hard drives. One time, it wasn't even an "old" hard drive. One time I ripped apart a Western Digital that kept losing stuff off the end and took a torch to the platters. Gave the result to the owner of the shop and he hung it on the wall. Yeah, those were the days.

See how we respect the tools that further us along. Humans are really so compassionate.

> > I've got a slightly modified lawn mower (mulcher) that
> > I use for these kinds of boards in the summer months.
> > This time of year the snow blower does a really good job.
>
> <grin> I've got a snowblower, but with my luck the PII
> heatsink would get caught crosswise and break the shear
> pin. Can't risk it this time of year! I was out in the
> unheated garage running my Van Norman mill last night.
> 1800 lbs of cast iron cold soaked at 12-15 deg F for
> a week is not fun to work with!
>
> Actually, Jon mentioned a couple of BIOS things I want
> to check before I declare that board scrap. At 300MHz,
> it's actually the fastest PC I've got right now. Yeah,
> I'm cheap.
>
> John Kasunich