Hey guys,
So I just got an Hy-3040, and it has the now dreaded parallel port. I just bought a PCI card, but I just found out Mach3 doesn't work on 64 bit systems.
I do have an old computer that ran XP, and was even using it a few months back.
Well the hard drive is 15 years old, and there are some bad sectors, and for some reason I'm unable to reinstall XP.
I am currently installing XP on a VM, but I heard that it may not work.
So that brings me here, I really don't want to buy a USB motion controller, I'd rather design my own.
I plan to make a board and upload grbl on it, I am a bit familiar with grbl already as my 3018 uses it.
I would really like to use the cables coming off the motors, but I have no idea what the connectors are called.
https://i.postimg.cc/CK59GrS1/connector.jpg
Does anybody know what these are called?
Much appreciated.