[Noisebridge-discuss] getting that goddamned mill to work

[Dr. Jesus]

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Michael Wright <mike at smallip.com> wrote:
> EMC2 was just really really nice running on the 2.8GHZ box I borrowed from
> work, whereas it was it was a bit weird and slow on the compaq.  I noticed
> the same running in VMWare on my macbook and netbook.  It runs with less
> that 1 ghz cpu, but it's bumpy and annoying.  If it runs great on a $80
> celeron then that just leaves hacking together a functional HAL file.  If we
> get bored we can always hack it to be controlled with a gamepad.
>
> Basically I'm betting that it will be $80 more fun to have a crisp UI for
> hacking on the mill.  From what I can tell, getting the computer able to
> move the mill is only the first step in being able to make parts, with the
> other steps being larger.

Ah right, the GUI bits probably need some horsepower.

I happen to have a P4 Dell XPS lying around that would probably do the
job, and it's got a nice video card on it.  When would you want it by?