On Wednesday 26 June 2013 14:30:40 dave did opine: > On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 13:29 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 26 June 2013 13:17:48 EBo did opine: > > > On Jun 25 2013 7:50 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >> Perhaps a silly Q, but where in this history timeline does Ray > > > >> Henry fit > > > >> in? FWIW, Ray cooks a mean pork chop on the shore side grill at > > > >> his place. > > > > > > > > I think Ray's contributions are later than this, this package of > > > > stuff ends > > > > in June 2000. Ray created the mini interface from tkemc, which > > > > looks like > > > > it existed in 1999. but, the latest file there does not show > > > > Mini. He > > > > did it > > > > for Sherline, so it was when Sherline was making complete CNC > > > > systems. > > > > > > out of curiosity, why has Ray's name come up? Is he one of the > > > people who will not consider relicensing so we can get it straight? > > > I thought the only real problem child was Paul. > > > > > > EBo -- > > > > Probably so, its pretty well known that Paul is at best, unhappy. In > > my conversations with Ray, we didn't discuss licensing per sei, but > > he was very interested in my take on the direction emc/LCNC was > > going, and I hope some of my enthusiasm was absorbed, because I am. > > > > If he has code in it that has not been retired by the hal stuff, he > > will have to answer as to its relicensing of course. I have his > > email addy and LL number, but I don't think he spends a lot of time > > online these days else I expect he would have chimed in by now. > > Email sometimes takes 3 or 4 days to turn around. > > > > It might be an educational undertaking to locate that code so we can > > ask. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Maybe this answers the question. > > > Description: mini.tcl > # A Tcl/Tk script that interfaces with EMC2. It > # sets estop to off and machine on when started. > # Provides a mostly flat single window display. > # > # Authors: Ray Henry and Paul Corner > # License: GPL Version 2 > # > # Copyright (c) 2003 All rights reserved. > > > Dave
And that is in the general time frame of when I came to the party, with me perhaps a few months later. I had been using the tk interface for a couple years when Axis came into the scene. Is that GPL-V2 a major problem? Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> This fortune is encrypted -- get your decoder rings ready! A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
