Thanks for the reply, I have verified the port ( 0x378) and have assigned data pins 2,3 xaxis, 4,5 y axis and z is pins 6 and 7 for Dir and Step. My voltage on any pins 2-7 sits at 0 volts no matter what axis I jog back and forth. I have never seen anything but 0 volts on these pins 2-7
The only thing I have done externally is reset the Estop through pin 10 so I am able to jog. I did this with a resistor to ground on pin 10. In other words, I am able to reset the software with my external e-stop so something is working with the parallel port. I'm still pointing to a bad parallel port unless I have overlooked something- again, I'm a newbie......