Alex Joni wrote: >>>>I have and old computer 155 MHZ I >>>>thought maybe to install xubuntu and Emc if the machine is fast enough >>>>. >>> >>>This box would really stretch the low end for CPU. >> >>Nope, it won't stretch it, it will break it. Ubuntu absolutely >>will not install on a 155 MHz CPU. I think 400 MHz is the lower > > > Note that he did say xubuntu, not Ubuntu. > Completely missed that distinction, but still 155 MHz, and the memory that I associate with those machines sounds like a problem for an EMC2 system. It will defintely work with a 1999 NIST EMC(zero) system, but that didn't support steppers. > However, I still think a 3-400 MHz minimum should be met. Yes, to run steppers with software generated step pulses, at least that much.
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