[Noisebridge-discuss] getting that goddamned mill to work

[dpc]

Jesse Welz <welzart at yahoo.com> writes:

> 2009/10/1 dpc <weasel at meer.net>: 
>
>>Michael Wright <mike at smallip.com> writes:
>>
>>> After running the Jitter-Test program on the computer I have the  
>>> sinking suspicion that the machine we're trying to use isn't good  
>>> enough to send step and direction commands. 
>>
>>hmmm.... i never got around to schleping down the machine for the
>>reversing stuff but just noticed it has a prallel port. how good is
>>good enough?
>
> Here are the minimum requirements pulled from the Emc2 manual:
>
> 700 MHz x86 processor (1.2 GHz x86 processor recommended)384 MB of RAM (512 MB up to 1 GB recommended)4 GB hard diskGraphics card capable of at least 800x600 resolution, which
> is not using the NVidia or ATI fglrx proprietary drivers, and which is
> not an onboard video chipset that shares main memory with the CPU

hmmm... i guess i should have checked teh shop machine, but almost
anything i've seen in the space would meet those requirements (well,
maybe not onboard video).

i guess i'll just grab the live disk and see

\p

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