On 03/07/2012 09:01 AM, charles green wrote: > excess capacity is great if you are into excess capacity. i junked at least > three pc boxes before i found something that could support all that capacity. > my intention was to control three or four stepper motors, and shuffle a few > simple text files in and out of the controller. at first, i thought it would > be simple: just get a cray, or a watson, or a deep blue - they can handle > it. then i started pricing them, and they turned out to be waaaay out of my > price range. although a laser printer or a plotter is a 2.5 axis type device > that i had seen producing nice results, i never really looked for any eight > bit machines, because they have trouble with the gig or three of ram for > enhanced machine capacity requirements. > Excess capacity is available on any PC we use for LinuxCNC. If you want minimal capacity, you could always go back to DOS and TurboCNC. Again, your option. Others may differ, and most do.
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