Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC and Taig w/ MicroProto

On Tuesday 20 June 2006 02:51 am, Tony Jeffree wrote:

> At 07:27 20/06/2006, you wrote:
> >BDI 4.49 is quite different than EMC2. The version of EMC on the BDI
> >distro is EMC at the lower levels, with some parts of EMC2 at the
> >higer levels. BDI development branched from EMC quite some time ago.
> >The configuration method and flexibility is drastically different
> >between the two. EMC2 is quite flexible in it's handling of hardware.
> >You can get more info www.linuxcnc.org.
>
> So, there is EMC, EMC2, and EMC/BDI, all of which are different, and all of
> which are maintained by some loose collection of Unix/Linux geeks. If I
> wasn't already running screaming in the opposite direction, I would be now!

Yeah, I've been following the emc-user list for a while now, and still don't
have a handle on it. Being very much into running linux here, though, it's
more likely that I'll persevere...

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