Hello Metallic,
Where I work we also have a 96 Torque Cut 22. The one we have has a floppy drive. Doesn't yours? You should be able to load files with the floppy. You can also just run the program right off of the floppy. Not too many programs will exceed the size limit of a floppy. You shouldn't have to drip feed too often unless you are doing some pretty good sized programs.
I'm pretty sure you won't have trouble finding a cad program that will work with the Torque Cut as it uses pretty much standard G code. There are many choices out there. I use OneCNC XR3 it seems to work very well and is a good value. What ever program you decide on make sure they furnish you with a post proccesor that will work on your machine and give you a sample program that includes all of the different machining cycles in it. As I mentioned I don't think it will be a problem. I don't think you will have any problem at all with the programs that George already mentioned. I believe they were affiliated with Bridgeport at one time.
Good luck.  |