Migrating from Mach 3

[magicniner]

What do your Offset Setting Scripts do for you and could you do the same in a usable fashion from CAM?
If you can offload your variability to CAM go for a stand alone controller, it seems daft to spend a few hundred pounds and still be dependent on a PC.
YMMV

[m_c]

Is this for a lathe?
(I'm going by the fact you mention turning offsets...)

If it is, then you have to be aware not everything supports turn, and even those that do, may require some changes (I.e. not all support single slot indexing for threading).



Regardless of the option taken, there is going to be some amount of pain. Keeping an old 32pit PC may be the path of least effort.