In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >Thanks for the responses on EMC laptops. But surely there must be at least >one specific laptop that does work? Is there any success story out there at >ALL for a working laptop?
I'm just in the process of getting a laptop up and running for EMC2 (An itronix gobook, P3 850Mz) . Using the ubuntu live CD I had the latency problems others are describing, every minute or so there was a 10ms peak! However I decided to try a something a bit more up to date! With a Debian Etch install, a home built 2.6.23.9 kernel with just the hardware i needed, RTAI 3.6 and EMC2 2.2.3 all built from scratch, and I get 12000ns latency reasonably reliably and no nasty glitches! Ive got it hooked up to 3 routoutcnc stepper drivers (http://www.routoutcnc.com/RoutoutStepper.htm) and it seems up to driving them happily. So I'm not having problems with Parrallel port levels. I haven't got the cnc machine built yet, but it driving the steppers on their own without problems. Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
