On Fri, 2017-07-28 at 12:05 -0700, Chris Albertson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 11:02 AM, 'Ellis Cory' [email protected] > [7x12minilathe] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > One of the problems may be that a lot of us on here speak English (well I > > do) and the message below makes no sense ? > > > > Rgds. > > > > Ellis > > > > > > > > I wrote that. I'm sorry if it was not clear. It was just an > observation not intended to be positive or negative just descriptive. The > target audience was and is people who know at least the basics of > computers, software and something about the inner working of CNC machine > controllers. The message somehow got cross posted to less technically > oriented list. One more time: > > I looked at it. It runs in MS-DOS. Programs that run under DOS (unlike > programs that run under Linux or modern versions of Windows) have full > access to the bare processor hardware. Running under DOS could allow very > good real-time behavior not possible with Linux or Windows. If done > "right" this could work well.
Yes, still if you run Linux in single user mode it should behave like DOS ... > > Now I add: I looked at the source code. It is written in BASIC with > some assembly language added. Ones needs to buy specific commercial > compilers to build the source. This compiler looks like it costs about > $100. Everyone working with the source code would have to buy a compiler. > In other words as an open source project, this project is dead, dead, > DEAD. > > That said, maybe there are some good ideas embedded in the code, ideas can > be studied and re-implemented > > > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
