Hi,

I'm South African, hence knowing the word.

Mine was servo based. The one I helped with recently was also servo based.

If it has steppers, Id consider keeping that and just getting a cheap breakout board or look at the Pokeys / Eding stuff. Depends on budget.

They are fairly capable, all depends on what your expectation is. I'm sure you can get it going for less than the cost of a new Chinese POS, so probably worth it.

Where are you based now? If not too far from me I could pop around and suggest how to based on what I can see.

Chaz