Re: [Emc-users] How about a 1Ghz PIII for 2 axis?
--- On Wed, 5/1/13, Rando Sauvage rando.sauv...@gmail.com wrote: From: Rando Sauvage rando.sauv...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] How about a 1Ghz PIII for 2 axis? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 6:09 AM Hi, I don't know this model. However, I am running LinuxCNC 2.4.7 on a PIII 1GHz with 640MB of RAM and a 100MHz FSB (intel 440BX chipset). I run a 3 axis machine and I can confirm it works out of the box. I don't remember latency values, but I never get latencies problems. Maximum speed is set to 2600mm/min (not the limit that I can achieve, just the speed I wanted) I don't need extreme speed for an oxy-acetylene torch, so the performance of this Dell ought to be good enough. There's only one faster Socket 370 CPU, the Pentium III 1.13 Ghz. A bit better than that is the Pentium III S 1.13 Ghz with 512k cache instead of the normal 256k of the Socket 370 CPUs. There are some of the 1.13 Ghz chips in lots of several on ebay, also some pairs of the S version pulled from servers. Not really worth the $ for such a minor speed bump. Better would be a Tualatin core CPU with Coppermine adapter. Can't just drop it in even though it fits because Intel changed voltages and moved some pins around, just like they did from the version prior to Coppermine. -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] How about a 1Ghz PIII for 2 axis?
I use a PIII 700MHz with 1G ram for my 3 axis gluing machine, run smoothly the 3 stepper axes trough // port, and a bunch of ladder/sequential logic to control the glue nozzle. Powerfull enough to play streaming music from internet while running the machine :) Le 01/05/2013 00:49, Gregg Eshelman a écrit : Picked up a Dell Dimension L100R for free. Has parallel and serial ports, 1 Ghz Socket 370 PIII with 512K cache (better than the 256K version) and will have 512 meg PC133 once I find another 256 meg stick it likes. I have a couple it sees as only 32 meg. (512 is max for this model.) I put an 80 gig hard drive in, have a CD-RW to replace the CD-ROM and need to find a PCI video card instead of using the built in video that cuts out a hunk of main RAM. This is a tiny little box, couldn't get much smaller without squeezing it sideways and putting the optical drive in on edge. For the big plasma table I have a mpc ClientPro 365. Much more muscle to it so it'll be able to handle XP + Mach3 and run the CAD and other software. All the little Dell will be doing is running LinuxCNC on the torch arm. Going to try and get Ned to go on a shopping trip to get components for that when he gets back from Utah. Found a surplus shop that has 4040 T-slot extrusion for $2.49 a foot, plus various sizes of cable carrier and plenty of other good stuff. I want to get that torch going first to cut some pieces for the big table's gantry. -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] How about a 1Ghz PIII for 2 axis?
Gregg Eshelman a écrit : Picked up a Dell Dimension L100R for free. Has parallel and serial ports, 1 Ghz Socket 370 PIII with 512K cache (better than the 256K version) and will have 512 meg PC133 once I find another 256 meg stick it likes. I have a couple it sees as only 32 meg. (512 is max for this model.) I put an 80 gig hard drive in, have a CD-RW to replace the CD-ROM and need to find a PCI video card instead of using the built in video that cuts out a hunk of main RAM. This is a tiny little box, couldn't get much smaller without squeezing it sideways and putting the optical drive in on edge. For the big plasma table I have a mpc ClientPro 365. Much more muscle to it so it'll be able to handle XP + Mach3 and run the CAD and other software. All the little Dell will be doing is running LinuxCNC on the torch arm. Going to try and get Ned to go on a shopping trip to get components for that when he gets back from Utah. Found a surplus shop that has 4040 T-slot extrusion for $2.49 a foot, plus various sizes of cable carrier and plenty of other good stuff. I want to get that torch going first to cut some pieces for the big table's gantry. Hi, I don't know this model. However, I am running LinuxCNC 2.4.7 on a PIII 1GHz with 640MB of RAM and a 100MHz FSB (intel 440BX chipset). I run a 3 axis machine and I can confirm it works out of the box. I don't remember latency values, but I never get latencies problems. Maximum speed is set to 2600mm/min (not the limit that I can achieve, just the speed I wanted) Hope it helps, Xavier -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] How about a 1Ghz PIII for 2 axis?
On Apr 30, 2013 6:56 PM, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: Picked up a Dell Dimension L100R for free. Has parallel and serial ports, 1 Ghz Socket 370 PIII with 512K cache (better than the 256K version) and will have 512 meg PC133 once I find another 256 meg stick it likes. I have a couple it sees as only 32 meg. (512 is max for this model.) Gregg: First things first. Have you run the latency test on this box? I seem to remember getting disappointing results on this or a very similar sounding Dell model (it wasn't mine so I can't check now). I don't see it listed in the table on the Wiki, though. That could mean my memory is faulty or it could mean I didn't think the results interesting enough for such an old system to bother to report. For your sake I hope it's the former. Regards, Kent -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] How about a 1Ghz PIII for 2 axis?
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 03:49:00PM -0700, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Picked up a Dell Dimension L100R for free. Has parallel and serial ports, 1 Ghz Socket 370 PIII with 512K cache (better than the 256K version) and will have 512 meg PC133 once I find another 256 meg stick it likes. I have a couple it sees as only 32 meg. (512 is max for this model.) I bet it will work great if you can find RAM for it. I have a dual PIII-1000 with 640MB of RAM that I used for a long time, both before and after we had SMP support, and it had excellent latency and was plenty fast enough. Mine has lucid on it now -- you could even use the hardy install if lucid doesn't work or if it seems to want to swap a lot. Chris -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
