Something like a smoothstepper, or better yet, a PDMX 126 would eliminate the need for ancient printer ports and give MUCH faster and more reliable step rates on virtually any cheap computer. Instead they tried to sell me a $700 controller with their "embedded proprietary" software. This was after spending $700 on the Emerson VFD I didnt need. I bought an identical one on ebay days earlier, wired it up, it didnt work. I was told it was because they were specially programmed JUST for Tormach and could not be reproduced with an identical unit bought elsewhere. This was untrue.
So I called Emerson. We had it running in 20 mins. Of course I already ordered the Tormach version on their advice.....
If anything else goes wrong, im ripping out all the electronics and going with the Kflop or PDMX 126+ smoothstpepper..
Anyone in the market for a bunch of V3 components? Brand spanking new.