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Good stuff, glad to help.

No problem, let me know how you get on if you need more help. There is also a CNC Drives forum at http://www.forum.cncdrive.com/ which is very helpful.

I've been around this stuff for far longer than I'd care to admit :hopelessness:

The main driver for how much you plan for replacement/upgrade will be how reliant you are on the machine.
If you...

I upgraded from an old XP machine with PP to a Dell Win10 machine last year, using UC100s. (One for mill and one for lathe.) Process was painless, I just transferred the xml file that defines the...

You could change controller to an ethernet one like a UC400eth. (Better than USB) .
Get a couple of IDC26 to DB25 cables. Then use your existing parallel board with it on one of the ports and just...

As it's parallel port, you probably want to have some kind of plan in place should the PC die.
Getting a replacement PC with parallel port is doable, but they are getting a bit rarer and generally...

First thing I'm going to ask, is do you have a backup of the Mach3 config files?

The most likely thing to fail is the PC, so make sure you have a back up of all the critical files. Main one is the...