My go to place is Newegg.com They sell all kinds of off lease used PCs but getting one known to work with a parallel printer port is getting to be hard. That is fine as Mesa cards are reasonably affordable.
I just checked and they have dozens of options for $80. Typically an Intel i3 with 4GB RAM for $80. If your budget is $300 then you can add a Mesa fpga-based parallel port that works with your existing breakout and still have money left over. What I do before I buy one of these used systems is download the user manual from the manufacturer. HP and Dell and very good about keeping 10 years old manuals still available online. On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 7:45 PM Linden via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Does any one have suggestions for a reasonably priced and available fan > less pc with a parallel port that I can use with linux cnc to go with my > gecko 540? > > Looking to spend under $300 if possible with shipping > > My original old dell gave up and died several years ago. The pci 1 > parallel port card I have is not recognized by the bios of either of my > other 2 computers and I cant find a header cable in my junk to go from > the lp1 pins on my Asus mother board to 25 pin sub D. Be nice to have > something off the shelf known to work as I don't have access to piles of > old PCs any more and I would like to have my plasma table running again. > > Any suggestions are much appreciated thanks in advance, > > Linden > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
