Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC? Jon ?

ibewgypsie wrote:

>Howdy..
>
> Trying to figure out where I know your name from.. I think you have
>been around as long as I have on the net (since dial up bbs's)
>
>

Probably. I've been using usenet news since 1985 or so.

> I rewired my machine to EMC hookup in thier manual. Never got the
>software to install so I could work over the config file to run my
>machine in the setup.
>
>
> Most the problems with EMC is getting the Linux set up for the
>myriad of machines out there.
>

Well, it is a lot easier, now. The BDI-Live! rc46 is pretty easy, and I
have an
update file that brings it pretty much up to date.

> One of the old guys at HSM board said the emc is a black hole where
>you spend all the time you should spend machining working on software.
>
>

Well, that may have been true at one time. I've been using it to
machine since
1998 with no fooling around.

Jon