yeah

Redmond has finally lost me.  Obviously I will keep a Windows example running, but I am actively trying out Debian flavors in test now.

Just too intrusive, nanny nagging bullshit, its over.

LOL

Nevada

or call you "pedo guy"?

its own kind of hell

I have piles of old machines, win7 is soon not internetable



aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, the parallel port driver sends Win10 into a boot loop...fml

The problem is latency.

CNC needs really precise timing, like realtime kernel precise, which is why the parallel port is on the PCI bus, USB adapters are a recipe for disaster. 

I know you googled, but those hits are referring to purpose built USB input motion controllers that deal with timing internally.  This thing isn't worth converting to a new motion controller...though somehow it is worth days of my time...

Micro$oft end of support for Win7 eminent.

Handy to have internet in the shop for looking up specs, constants, formulas and whatnot.  No room or patience for 2 machines out there.

Antique CNC controller (Super-Tech EMC-XYZ-BX) has no drivers or config info for Linux, figured this out after 3 different distro installs.

Turns out, Mach3 parallel port driver absolutely will not work in a 64bit environment, figured this out after setting up a salvaged machine with win10 already on it.

Started to re-purpose another older box, kept hanging on install, several hours to track that down to a flaky CPU, have to do a win7 install first because this thing won't boot from USB, finally get that all worked out and...

now having to sidestep Micro$oft account creation and muzzle Cortana and turn off all the spylemetry (that they let you), so far it has been 3 days of walking in place and I don't even know if this is going to driver up its PCI-parallel card and work yet


and being reminded that I have to go through Linux dependency hell on all the rest of the boxen by Jan 14...

I am in computer hell here...fuck

really?

you guys getting your talking points from Trump Jr. now?

place just isn't the same without him

yeah, he distracts you with the 'just did a huge bong hit' manner and then drops bombs like a fuckin' B17 yo

totally organic

never even heard of "matic"

so glad

Wow, that stoner's shit holds together...documentation and everything

Golly, who could have seen that coming?   

aaaaAAAK!

it was a sideways pump


edit...spoke too soon

I think his exact words to me were "here, put this on"

holy fucking trollioio