google-earth anybody?

[Ric Moore]

On 07/30/2012 03:37 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 30 July 2012 20:27, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You're wanting to have google earth running on your milling machine setup??
>> I think that would blow the dickens out of "latency" overall. It's a
>> blooming monster that traditionally eats up cpu and ram like a junkyard
>> goat.
>
> Yes, I did wonder about that myself...
>
>> But, bottom line, you need accelerated graphics, and a bunch of vram
>> would help. Nouveau still doesn't do that. I bought an nVidia card with 2
>> gigs of vram for under $50. <cackles> Ric
>
> Also true.
>
> IOW, have a CNC control machine & a separate desktop / surfing box.
> Far more sensible.

You should see pics of Gene's setup. Ric


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