I'm just about ready to order an Ascension controller and Mach3 to run my Shopbot PR router. I expect to get improved cut quality, better reliability, and great new Windows based Mach 3 interface. Maybe I'll get a toaster too.
I'd like to know two things;
1) What sort of computer is best suited to running Mach 3. I run mostly simple 2d cabinet files that are short and easy. But sometimes I run quite large 3d files for signs. What sort of processor? How much Memory? Is MORE memory better? Any preferred chipset, or sets to avoid? Any graphic card advice? Since I'm gonna need to buy a new machine for this, I want to give the program what it needs.
2) I'd like to run this machine on a wireless network so I can transfer files to it, and possibly access a camera connected to it so I can monitor the machine from my office. Any caveats about running a network, or wireless network, while running files?
Thanks for answering this question for the thousandth time!
Wayne from White Salmon