hi thanks for your reply
i have two machines the one i want to do first is a well built job with two axis astrosyn y163 steppers 5 volt 50 ohms 1.8 deg 1 amp
there is no name on it but the screws are tight with no movement it has a drive motor with an electromagnet to engage the cutter
i have a copy of mach3 so i want to know the best way to connect the computer via parallel port i presume, to the machine which has no electronics.. driver and power supply
hope this makes sense