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Do I NEED another CNC Lathe Project ?
awemawson:
MIRAC now home and thread continues here:
https://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,12452.msg148311.html#new
Will_D:
Pity the Acorn s/w only runs on Windows 10. Thats yet another expense!
DICKEYBIRD:
--- Quote from: Will_D on February 06, 2018, 07:54:17 AM ---Pity the Acorn s/w only runs on Windows 10. Thats yet another expense!
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Yeah, I was hoping to use a spare W7 PC I had on hand. The expense wasn't too bad though and Centroid wanted to plan now for possible future enhancements of the new CNC12 software.
Here's an example of what's available this side of the pond. The one I got is a smaller format than this example & works great! I also picked up a refurb Lenovo 23" touchscreen monitor for $120 shipped. I run an Ethernet A/B switchbox to allow the one PC to run the lathe while construction continues on the mill. One PC runs 2 Acorns.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Dell+Optiplex+790+SFF+Quad+Core+i5-2400+3.1GHz+-+4GB+-+500GB+WiFi+w%2F+Win+10&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XDell+Optiplex+790+SFF+Quad+Core+i5-2400+3.1GHz+w10.TRS0&_nkw=Dell+Optiplex+790+SFF+Quad+Core+i5-2400+3.1GHz+w10&_sacat=0
russ57:
Win10 is available free, and legally.
Without a license, you can't activate it. That restricts some functions, like personalised desktop settings, although you even have a 30 day grace period to do that.
It also effects some other Microsoft services. I'd be fairly confident running cnc software would be fine (no doubt the fine print mentions personal use only)
A response I think to the internet of things, home automation, the rise of single board computers with Linux and Android.
-russ
Pete.:
--- Quote from: russ57 on February 06, 2018, 04:46:20 PM ---Win10 is available free, and legally.
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How? I have been considering it. Full install or upgrade version only?
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