Hi there, loooong time lurker, but still a newbie thanks to those pesky things like kids and jobs. I've never done any machining at all, but have quit a bit of cad experience in construction. I'm just about to get started on my first machine, and have just started looking into the software end.
The thing that appeals to me in emc2 is the price or lack there of. This is a learning experience, and would rather not learn away all my money. Problem is I don’t have any parallel ports. I've read that emc2 doesn't work through the usb. Is there any way around this? Is a parallel port card in a pci slot or the pmcia slot on an old laptop going to work? Or do I have to acquire a new computer.