On 10/22/2014 10:40 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > I see service guys (here in Wichita) that will not 'consider' putting a > garden variety PC on a machine tool. That would be heresy. > It is difficult to get some of them to come in and service the commercial > controls they specialize in. > > They will not even look at the LinuxCNC running in my shop. They will not > discuss it with me. History of more than a decade of PC based solutions > here (first with MDSI's OpenCNC installed in 1997 still running and then > multiple LinuxCNC installs) has no sway in the argument. > > One consolation is "they will not consider Mach either". > > All PC based solutions are lumped together in one trash bin.
I wonder what they'd have to say about the series of CNC turret punch presses made by Strippit that used a Macintosh IIcx as the control computer? The proprietary NuBus hardware and the software will (supposedly) only work with a Macintosh IIcx. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
