On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 7:54 AM Paul Tegler via groups.io
<ptegler@...> wrote:
My Mill, lathe and CNC router table are all still running M3 on XP machines. I can't say I've ever had a hiccup of any kind. Then again as an electronics design engineer to begin with, all my wiring , controller layouts and etc are well built, shielded, and I know precisely how every I/O, pinout, software stub etc works.
I'm sure these older boxes will croak sooner or later and will have to seriously consider M4 at some point. I'm hoping i can skip a gen and next update of my toys will be M5. :-)
My main computer still is miles from inadequate for everything that
I've been trying lately - - - - its 9 years old too.
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Why do they update windows? They need a product to sell. ...can't stay in business it you're not selling something to support expansion. Why all the updates? Fixing the bugs and flat programming errors from the original releases. Still blows my mind today...software is the only product in the world you buy but don't own. If it doesn't work you can't return it, and you're not allowed to fix it yourself.
I have gotten around the last part by almost always using open source software.
That makes the 'You aren't allowed to touch the code' argument go away.
As a result I'm now having to add programming to my skill set but
that's a fair trade off.
As a result I get to create stuff that works better and likely longer
and its soooooooooooo much cheaper.
Regards
