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widpyro
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« on: October 02, 2011, 09:52:40 PM »
Is it possible to run mach3 from a USB port? It's getting harder to find computers with DB25 connectors.
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-jim
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2011, 01:36:12 AM »
It sure is Jim but you need to use an external motion card such as the Smooth Stepper  http://warp9td.com/
There are others which do the same job (+/- certain functions).

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