Help please. Dip switches and mach 3 settings

[dazp1976]

You don't need anything special as far as I'm concerned.
I put mine together from spares I had lying around ages ago when I intended to use it. Which I then dug out of the loft after it was left unused for about 8 years.

For running 3 axis Mach3 from the parallel port my spec is:
Old Gigabyte socket 775 Matx board.
Intel Celeron 2.2ghz.
2GB DDR2 ram.
320GB Maxtor SATA HDD.
Windows XP 32bit.
Using the on board graphics.

Works like an absolute champ.
You only need a decent machine for CAD drawing and CAM post processing.

I'm in the process of getting the equipment together for a second mill I plan on converting and the PC spec this time (another loft find) will be:
Very old E-machines socket 486 board.
Celeron 1.8ghz.
2GB DDR2.
300GB IDE HDD.
On board graphics.
Windows XP 32bit.
I will use this PC on the existing 3 axis X2 and the other PC will go on the new mill as I'm putting all the electronics in place for up to 5 axis.

Apparently Mach3 doesn't play well with a 64bit OS when using the parallel port but I never tried it. That's why I have a 32bit basic one for Mach3 and better 64bit one for the CAD/CAM.