I asked for this part of the forum and here it is!
I bought a BP series 2 almost 3 years ago. It didn't have any control hardware left, just the cabinets. I'm putting brushless servos on in place of the missing steppers. Much of the hardware is done, mostly electronics and control left. Not having it done is driving me nuts.
It's going to be run using EMC.
www.linuxcnc.org
I'll post pics soon.