Re: [Emc-users] Questions from potential new user.

2006-11-23 Thread Mike Delany
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Re: [Emc-users] Questions from potential new user.

2006-11-23 Thread Mike Delany
Chris, I won the bid on the Hurco. I am the guy from Austin who you emailed the pictures to. I can either do a paypal transfer or bring cash on Tuesday or Wednesday (will save you the paypal fee) if that is convenient to pickup. I have a house full of visitors right now, so please call me to

Re: [Emc-users] trying to install umbuntu

2006-11-23 Thread Jon Elson
alex wrote: > Hi! > I downloaded umbuntu , copyied it into cd but when I turn on the pc > it still boots from hard drive. > It sees my cd becouse it is printed on a boot up. In the BIOS setup screen there should be some way to set the boot order. make sure the CD is in the list, and comes bef

[Emc-users] Ubuntu CD not booting

2006-11-23 Thread Greg Bentzinger
Alex; I see two possible issues here. 1) A currupted burn. 2) Your system BIOS Boot order is set to HDD first. Setting the HDD as the first boot target is done for system security and boot speed. You can adjust your boot order and complete your install then reset it back for best speed once you

Re: [Emc-users] VIA based Mini-ITX

2006-11-23 Thread Manfredi Leto
Hi, I'm using a LV-602 mini itx board by commell, bought used on ebay 50 EUR: http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LV-602.HTM VIA C3 cpu at 800 MHz and 256 Mb RAM. The good thing is that the cpu is not soldered on the board but is mounted on a 370 type socket, so you can change it and mount

Re: [Emc-users] trying to install umbuntu

2006-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 23 November 2006 13:39, alex wrote: >Hi! > I downloaded umbuntu , copyied it into cd but when I turn on the pc it >still boots from hard drive. >It sees my cd becouse it is printed on a boot up. >Alex I'd suspect that the disk is burnt incorrectly. An .iso image is exactly that, an ex

[Emc-users] trying to install umbuntu

2006-11-23 Thread alex
Hi! I downloaded umbuntu , copyied it into cd but when I turn on the pc it still boots from hard drive. It sees my cd becouse it is printed on a boot up. Alex - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join Source

Re: [Emc-users] VIA based Mini-ITX

2006-11-23 Thread Lester Caine
Jeff Epler wrote: > On board video is usually a bad match for realtime linux (see > "Problematic Hardware" under > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Hardware_Requirements), and with a > single PCI slot you can't add both video and a parallel port. If you > can find a similar board with t

Re: [Emc-users] VIA based Mini-ITX

2006-11-23 Thread Jeff Epler
On board video is usually a bad match for realtime linux (see "Problematic Hardware" under http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Hardware_Requirements), and with a single PCI slot you can't add both video and a parallel port. If you can find a similar board with two slots, I would get that i

Re: [Emc-users] Using other hardware with EMC2?

2006-11-23 Thread Jeff Epler
In the development vesion of emc2, you'll find complete manpages for the HAL and RTAPI libraries. Of course, you can also read the source for all the existing hardwre drivers as well. Basically, it boils down to writing one function to set up your hardware and create the HAL pins, parameters, and

[Emc-users] VIA based Mini-ITX

2006-11-23 Thread Stan Blosser
Has anyone ever used one of these little guys to run EMC? I'm mainly only concerned about the floating point math necessary to run EMC. I'm currently running on a PIII 1GHz with zero problems (at least on the PC side of things). I'm considering going in a different directions with the control

Re: [Emc-users] Using other hardware with EMC2?

2006-11-23 Thread jmkasunich
"RogerN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a couple of I/O boards, a MicroKinetics opti-step plus and an 8255 > board > I made years ago. I know how to configure, read, and write the bits in the > ports. I'm wondering what's involved in setting up EMC2 to work with other > hardware. Can t