Hey Jon, Don't forget to read the rest of what I wrote and not the tiny little snippet that Ray quoted. I admit that "POS" may have been a bit harsh. So that you know where I came from I was used to the latest & greatest. And since you brought it up I was running NC machines starting back in 1973. The first being a G&L Numerimite, the latest being a Hitachi Seiki (sieki?) VK45 or something like that. It had it's own touch probe and tool setter. Just clamp a part on the table, touch 3 points and the top and program zero was set. All program coordinates were rotated to the skew of the part. And many others in between. Even a Devlieg with your old AB control. I also programmed them all without a computer. Never went to school for any of it.
You can email me directly if you care to expand on what "FUD" means. Regards, Dale Jon Elson wrote: > Ray Henry wrote: > > >>On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 08:26 -0500, Dale wrote: >><s> >> >> >> >>>EMC >>>was basicaly a POS full of garbage, bugs. >>> >>> > > Yes, there's a lot of "FUD" flying around. People who won't take the > time to learn > something new say it is garbage, to cover up their unwillingness to find > out how to > use it. (I do admit, in the early days, installation WAS a problem) > > I have been using EMC since 1998. Since 1999, when a particular problem > in the > real time code was fixed, it has been TOTALLY reliable, I have NEVER had > a crash, > EVER! Even when the 1998 version croaked, it finished the part > perfectly, I just > lost control through the mouse and keyboard. > > >> >> > > I have also never, even ONCE, had it fail to execute valid G-code. (I > have had it complain > about some problem with MY g-code more than a few times, but that is > what it is SUPPOSED > to do.) > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
