On 30 January 2015 at 09:31, Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Will the parport be fast enough for this driver or does one need special
> hardware? If so, what is recommended?

It is possible to use the parport. Someone has managed to spin some
Fanuc motors with the Parport and AMC drives.
http://youtu.be/l-MNy6-QanI

I wouldn't recommend it, though.

It's probably best to start with the motors and work backwards from
there towards LinuxCNC.

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