But i dont have a parallel port on the pc I have for the machine
If you look here #336 http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/9616-...-be-Zeus/page5 Andrew is donating some pc's with PP for the cost of the postage I believe.

Mach3 is crap and try to avoid it if you dont need it for specific purpose machine. Yours is not, so just avoid it. So maybe the first and the last solutions from above post are best for you. I could help you set up the first solution if you have problems understanding it.
Boyan I don't believe Mach3 is crap there are many many thousands of people using it and it is well supported by fellow members etc.