Ok Craig, many thanks. Now I'm going to be really rude and also honest. I'm not sure about this 'port switching' thingy! I have been following a guide written by a friend in George in Ausie, a transcript is attached together with a guide that I thought he had written, in my foolishness I thought it was one and the same person, turns out not.
I have attached a PDF with some links and files, I really would like to clear things up and get this device working as it was very expensive.
To sum it up! I have Msach3 R3 043.063
Aspire 4.5
CNC4PC C11 parallel port break out board.
If at the end of the day I have to go to Warp9 ESS then so be it! for the moment I want to see if it run good with what I have.
George talks about external PWM addons I'll have a look at ESS and see if it is incorporated onto their board.
If you find time to read through George's messages I would be extremely grateful to you.