Thank you Mike. After I posted question I started looking up parallel to USB connectors. I'm not a super electronics geek from the old days- I know many of them though.
I usually stumble my way through this computer/electronic stuff. This retrofit/get old machine up and running stuff isn't my forte but I fight through it because I don't have a big budget and I love the pain of learning something new.
That said, I do have a Toshiba T4600 that may have a serial port can't remember. If it doesn't then I can scrap together an old pc with a serial port to communicate with the Bandit. I will look up the DNC software to get idea of that process.
I see what you mean about code file size. I did a test HSM part and posted the code. Holy Crap! Didn't realize how much data is generated! When I programmed a Fanc Wire EDM 20 years ago I don't remember code being that big!
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