Re: How do I know if I want Linux

Don Hughes wrote:

> Now, another question. Seeing as I am not the real proficient
> type(yet..!!) at 'G' code programming for the type of operations I want
> to do, I have found a (here I go again) Windows 'G' coding program that
> will automatically do the code for me and nest the parts for me as well.
> Can a file from this program be saved to disk or sent to a machine over
> a network, if the code was done automatically by a Window's based
> program and then run under Linux by EMC?

Absolutely. I used MS DOS floppies for a while, and then I got the
networking stuff going. I have minimal (computer-type) hardware on the
Linux machine (keyboard, mouse, VGA screen, hard disk, floppy and the
network card). So I print everything on my Windows 95 machine, do
some serious program editing there, too, and do all Cad/CAM work
on the Windows machine. I can telnet into the Linux machine, or use
FTP from either one to the other.

I use Bobcad/CAM on the Windows machine for the more difficult
geometries, and then send the files over. I have written a bunch
of small programs that run on the Linux machine itself to create G-code
for many standard operations, like boring a circular pocket, cutting a
rectangular pocket, a round post, drilling a circular pattern of holes,
etc. I'm going to post these on my web page as soon as I can get
some documentation written for them.

Jon