Hello I am new but most mb's do still have a pp port, its just a header connector on the board. I have run into two styles most have a very readily available one and msi has there own. the msi is smaller but can be found on the net. the last one I built cost me 450 with a 24 inch refurbished monitor from tiger. It runs emc,Mach,corel and turboCad no problems on xp pro or Win7 32
I like cheap
the only time it skipped steps was when I ran faster then 60ipm and its a Shirline 20tpi, it will run 55 but I keep it at 40 so the nuts stay tite for more then a day. I also drilled the table for lube.
and thanks to everyone on this site as I'm 2 months into this "hobby" and from just reading stuff here I'm doing 4 axis work
