RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Conversational Programming and NAMES- very long!

Ron wrote:

<The only way to make a decent CPNC system with a windows GUI is to use a
<separate motion controller box to handle the real time stuff. We had
<some discussions here a few weeks ago about developing such a box, but
<that died.

Is there any way that the motion controller box could be an outdated x86 PC
with an interface card running a real time programme under either DOS or
linux? The software would handle incoming commands and report status through
the serial port to the controlling PC running the GUI and the conversational
programming software.

Pete Jarman
North of Bedford, England