My suggestion would be since it and 8088 based board would be to look into a minimalist linux os such as puppy, dsl, or mulinux and emc2. It may be a stretch, and would definitely require some effort. Thus you would be creating an embedded machine controller that would execute g-code. Or dos and turbocnc running on the 8088. Either way you would require a couple of megs or ram, but you would benifit from having the g-code controller turn key. But it would be simpler to find and old pc that somebody thinks is outdated for free and use it.
Phil, Still too many interests, too many projects, and not enough time!!!!!!!!
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