Mach needs LPT port.
You can try USB to LPT coverter but this has not always been successful depending on the machine/components integrated. Don't know about PCMCIA
More info deep into one of these threads about the use of Mach with laptop/notebook computers:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...lathe+retrofit http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...lathe+retrofit http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...lathe+retrofit