Administrator wrote: >Have been in the process of setting up PC for CNC Sherline Mill. - >Sherline came with the latest BDI 4.51 EMC2 DVD. Dapper Dan Ubuntu >6.06 is also available with EMC2 DVD. > > Are these actually DVDs or do you mean CDs? I'm not aware of any EMC or EMC2 DVDs at the moment, but I'd love to know if there are any :)
>This is my first attempt & setup using EMC2. Its a bit fuzzy, but what >I'd like to know if the BDI 4.51 EMC2 & Ubuntu EMC2 the same EMC2 just >a different distro/os? > > It looks as though the latest EMC2 package for BDI 4.51 is version 2.0.4. EMC2 is now at version 2.2.3, which is significantly more recent. Unless you prefer BDI for some other reason, the Ubuntu LiveCD from Linuxcnc.org is a better platform for using EMC2. >If I understand correctly the BDI 4.51 EMC2 is in the final stages of >development and may soon be dropped? Have some concerns because of >this. > > EMC2 is in no way "in the final stages of development". It may be that the maintainer(s) of BDI will drop EMC2, but that is no indication of stagnation of EMC2 development. >Would appreciated hearing from our Forum concerning this matter. >Thank you very much! > > Sure. - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
