Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: SuSE linux and EMC??

Paul,
I'm working on one project with hopes of using EMC for it.
It requires moving X and Y in increments of 1/16 or less fairly fast - say
within
150 ms per each increment, then 50 ms pause.
Do you think this can be achieved or not?
Regards, Alex

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From: Paul <no.spam27@...>
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: SuSE linux and EMC??


>
> Hi Bill
>
> I believe SuSE-8.2 ships with gcc-3.3 - I have not tried using this
compiler
> for a realtime kernel, nor do I know if it is recommended for the task.
> The reason for using a virgin source is due to the various distributions
> making subtle (and not so subtle) changes to the kernel, either to fix
> percieved problems, or add "enhancements" - Both of which will cause the
> realtime patches to fail at some point.
>
> If you are nervous at the prospect of patching and compiling a kernel,
> perhaps the best thing to try is the new BDI-Live CD. This is still beta
(and
> needs further testing), but it does give you the chance to try EMC without
> trashing your hard drive. It does require a reasonably fast CPU and plenty
of
> memory (600MHz & 128Mb RAM). At present Nvidia video cards are not
supported,
> but this should be fixed by the weekend..
> Download it from http://emc.obstinate.org
>
> Regards, Paul.
>
>
> On Thursday 26 June 2003 1:04 am, Bill wrote:
> > Paul, thanks a bunch! I am using ver. 8.2. When I went to get the
> > kernel from the above site I found the following:
>
> --
> irc channel for EMC users at irc.freenode.org
> /join #emc
> and chat to other users (not many there yet).
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