Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Hammonds, John" <[email protected]> · Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:34:48 -0600

Dear Yujong,

I am only using Linux as a client workstation.  This does not require
VxWorks.  I still use a Sun Solaris machine to build EPICS applications
for the IOC.  On the Sun (a sparcStation) I use VxWorks 5.2 dev kit.
This is probably also available on x86 Solaris but you may have some
work to do to compile EPICS.

Actually someone else installed that but I do use it.  On the client
side (ie Linux) I have built quite a few of the apps (MEDM, StripTool,
...) and use these to interface with the workstation.  

Redhat Motif comes from RedHat.  This is also where I get my Linux from.
See www.redhat.com.

I have used a variety of x86 Machines w/ Linux.  I have one running as
an X-terminal that is only a 386-SX16.  I recommend getting as much PC
as your budget allows so that you can better utilize it.  I really
recommend a Pentium class as a minumal starting point unless you simply
cannot lay your hands on anything else.  As with any other computer
question memory never hurts either.

I hope that this helps,
John	
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Super-User [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 01, 1998 7:54 PM
> Subject:	
> 
> Dear Hammonds, John
> 
> I am a graduate student of POSTECH in Korea
> POSTECH and POSCO built PAL [=Pohang Accelerator Laboratory]
> I read your mail in teck-talk mail archives for EPICS on Linux.
> I have some question about EPICS on Linux.
> My questions:
> 
> 1) I think that in order to install epics-3.13b11 on unix machine,
> 	Tornado or Vx-Works for Unix must be needed. 
> 
> 	Is there Tornado-1.0.1 or Vx-Works for Linux or X86 Solaris2.x ?
> 	
> 	What type Tornado or VxWorks did you use to install
> epics-3.13b11 
> 	on Linux  ?  
> 	
> 2) How can I obtain Redhat Motif 2.0.1 ? 
> 
> 3) How much memory do you need for run epics on your Linux
> 	machine ? 
> 
> 4) How fast CPU do you need for run epics on your Linux machine ?
> 
> I hope to receive your answer soon.
>  
> Thanks for your Helps.
> 
> from Yujong Kim
> 
> [email protected]
> [email protected]
> 

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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