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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: Insuring data integrity in dirt
Message-ID: <19759@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 12 Sep 90 19:39:20 GMT
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In article <1500@unicorn.WWU.EDU> n8243274@unicorn.WWU.EDU (steven l. odegard) writes:
}I prefer working with MS-DOS formatted 3 1/2 inch disketts, but the
}shop environment is entirely too dusty for the media ...
}... what method is most
}employed for carrying programs to CNC machines.  ...

The system I'm using uses a 40 foot cable between the robot and it's
controller.  The controller can interface with a PC (RS-232) allowing
up to 50 more feet.  Thus the disk drive doesn't have to be in the shop
environment.

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