[Gloucs] realtime with Linux demo - 20th October

[Paul Robertson]

We have a village hall in Nympsfield. Plenty of
space and cheap to book, but not very near most
of you, and no public transport in the evenings.
Nearest towns are Stonehouse and Nailsworth.

I can also put Paul up here.
--
Paul



----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Edwards" <guy_j_edwards@hotpop.com>
To: "MAILING LIST" <gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Gloucs] realtime with Linux demo - 20th October


> Ok I've spoken to Paul Corner, he's happy to do a talk on Linux CNC
> systems and Real Time Linux. He's going to do a software demonstration,
> from what I understand it (EMC) uses C and TCL
>
> He's down this way on the 19th-20th October and would like to do the
> presentation on Sunday (20th).
>
> I asked him what equipment he'll need,
>
> 2 x 17" monitors (I can supply one... anyone else?)
>
> lots of mains outlets. Can anyone suggest a venue as he may be bringing
> a small lathe and a large pc to demonstrate controlling it with Linux?
> The Cross Keys is probably not the best place for this, nor a library.
> Is there anywhere reasonably private like a village hall or something?.
>
> Lastly, Pauls going to be driving quite a way out of his route to get
> here, is there anyone who could put him up for the sunday night? I know
> it's a bit awkward but the guy will be driving 80 miles or so off his
> route and will be our first guest speaker. If someone could put him up
> it would be very cool, he sounds very normal and I'll pass on his phone
> number and email.
>
> Guy
>
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> On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 21:26, Guy Edwards wrote:
> > One of their guys in England, Paul Corner, has emailed and will be down
> > this part of the country at the end of October.
> >
> > If he's to do a demo then I think his visit will have to pretty much
> > decide the meeting date. I'll get the dates he's down here so there's
> > some choice of which day, and also what equipment/facilities he will
> > need for the demo.
> >
> > I get the impression that this is someone who really knows their stuff
> > on this subject so it should be an interesting talk.
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 10:11, Paul Robertson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "EMC is software that implements real-time control of equipment such
as
> > > > machine tools, robots, and coordinate measuring machines. It runs in
> > > > real-time under Linux with the NMT rtlinux patch, and in nonrealtime
> > > > under Solaris, and WindowsNT."
> > > >
> > > > If anyones interested in this I'll get something organised.
> > > >
> > > > Guy
> > > >
> > >
> > > I am.
> > > --
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
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