As Tony said, you can use Win 7 (but it must be the 32 bit
version) or you could use a USB to parallel port control dongle such as the
UCC-100. Be wary of eBay sellers that may be offering knock-offs of this device.
In case you are wondering why I am not suggesting the PMDX-411, it?only
works with Mach4.
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The parallel port
driver that Mach3 uses doesn’t work with Win10.? You’ll need to go back to
Win7 (or XP) for it to work.
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My old computer with XP crashed & I have found another
one with a parallel port on it but it has windows 10. I have down loaded Mach3
onto it, but it does not appear to be down loading the driver. I have ran a
driver test & the the result is an instant message saying there is not a
driver. Mach3 will load & will function on screen with the keyboard arrows
but the machine will not move. My parallel port connects to a Xylotex 4.03
board, which controls a Tiag bench top mill. I read some where that in order to
use this computer I was going have to buy a different controller, is this true?
If so, what controller do o need to acquire ? I really don’t understand all this
stuff other than what I have read on the Artsoft page & Visio’s on YouTube.
I’m going to be bald before I get this figured out. (No offense ?e to bald
folks)?
