Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread Bari
Naa  already been done https://forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/46770-driver-firmware-pcb-for-pi-rp2040-pio-i-e-an-easy-to-configure-fpga-like-card but sadly they haven't shared their source yet. Plus you still need Ethernet and some protection on the IO's and connectors so many hav

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread Linden via Emc-users
Thanks Chris I hadn't seen this 7i92. I was just looking at 7i76 as that was what I was familiar with. May have to put in a Mesa order;-) Linden On January 19, 2023 9:25:30 a.m. PST, Chris Albertson wrote: >This card seems to be in-stock at the Mesa website. I'd go with Ethernet >because i

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread Chris Albertson
On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:20 AM Linden via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Any idea when the Ethernet cards will be produced and sold again?? > I just put two of them in my shopping card, only one gave the "out of stock notice" One had the female pins, the other male pi

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread Linden via Emc-users
Thanks for the suggestions. Looks like finding an off the shelf pc will be more of an adventure than I had hopped. Found a 25pin sub d and a have made a ribbon cable header out of a old floppy cable. It is not optimal but it should work for a while and I know the latency of the pc I have is

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread Chris Albertson
The problem with buying a computer is that it not only needs a parallel port, but it needs to have useable low latency. You can not test latency until AFTER you buy it. I own several old PCs and have a parallel port card, none of them give good scores on the latency test. They are good enough to

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread Chris Albertson
This card seems to be in-stock at the Mesa website. I'd go with Ethernet because it gives you the option later to use computers with no PCIe bus. Maybe a Rapberry Pi or something like that. Also the Ethernet cable gives you flexibility as it can be up to 100 meters long. 7I92TH Anything I/O Eth

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread Chris Albertson
On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 4:26 AM andy pugh wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 09:51, Robin Szemeti via Emc-users > wrote: > > > > I'll be surprised if you can find anythign with a parallel port, > > That's just not the case. (though many don't have them in the case) > > With parallel port: > > https

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread John Dammeyer
https://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9siv04gd8p7931 Not sure why the parallel port doesn't show up in the description but is in the photo. > -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: January-19-23 4:23 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread fxkl47BF--- via Emc-users
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023, andy pugh wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 03:45, Linden via Emc-users > wrote: > >> 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 cab

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 03:45, Linden via Emc-users wrote: > 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 A

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 09:51, Robin Szemeti via Emc-users wrote: > > I'll be surprised if you can find anythign with a parallel port, That's just not the case. (though many don't have them in the case) With parallel port: https://www.mini-itx.com/store/category?type=motherboard&maxram=4GB-or-mor

Re: [Emc-users] Available fanless PC for linuxcnc with parallel port

2023-01-19 Thread Robin Szemeti via Emc-users
I'll be surprised if you can find anythign with a parallel port, nothing has them anymore, nor any real need to use them. Some random Mesa card will be a better solution. On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 07:20, John Dammeyer wrote: > The MESA 7i92H is effectively two parallel ports with a bit more > vers