Quote Originally Posted by hbx View Post
I've been taking a look at the Mesa cards, and the 5I25 looks nice and simple. I'll stick to the LPT for now, while I figure out how to set LinuxCNC up.
Unless you're doing something involving high frequencies (e.g. most servos) or lots of I/O then you don't really gain much by not using the parallel portw so sticking with it is probably the best option.