Can EMC be run accross two PC's

[John Guenther <jguenthe-at-nafis.fp.trw.com>]

Hi All,

Here is my question, can EMC be split up and run on two PC's?  The idea
is to put the emcio and emcmot functions on a dedicated processor, maybe
even a single board computer running LInux.  I would then be running the
emctask functions, the gui and what ever else on another computer.
Connection between the two computers would / could be by high speed
serial interface.

My theory is that this might allow the emctask functions to be performed
by a Windoze computer with a familiar user interface.  The time critical
and complicated functions would be performed on a dedicated computer
running rt-linux.

Ok, I've got my nomex suit on so I can stand the flames from this
question.

John Guenther