after a long delay on building my cnc router mill,I got It together. then I put together a duel transformer and a 25 amp Bridge rectifer and some 80 volt capacitors,with 12000 MDF to smooth out the AC ripple. Setup three 202 qecko drives. Im telling all this thinking it was the hardest but when I get to the computer, I update it to a 1.2gigabit AMD CPU with windows XP. This is for the Mach2/3 that i want to try when i get done. Now the problem, Im trying to setup the parallel port,with a small program called fkeybit to toggle the step and direction pins of the port high or low. but when i try to toggle them low they stay high, I have used a led with a 470 ohm resistor on the out put to gnd and the volt meter also. They stay at 3.38 volts even when the program shows they should be low or off. Has any one run into this problem,and what did you do to correct it. Thinking a Break out board might be the solution. But Im at my wits end... HELP !!!!!! ( this is a desktop computer,not a lap top.)