Well the point is that any mother board with RS422 or the addition of a 422 card will work fine. The problem will be finding one that fits without too much work. Thst's why I suggested a mini case board.
The pengiun program is just that, it's on the desktop there (you are running windows 95 right?), has a picture of a penguin as the icon it is called the "fadal universal memory manager" or something like that... find that program on the HDD and copy it to your disk drive, then just load it on the new HDD. OR...just take out the HDD and transfer it to the new motherboard assuming they are compatable.
The 32 MP is like an 88 with an on board PC that can transfer and store files.
I added wireless internet, so sometimes I juste-mail my file to myself from my home PC. And I can surf the web while a part is running....uber cool but not really very useful.
With it you can have USB, add disk drives, burners etc, pretty cheap.
Oh and yes you want RS 232 for the DNC if you use that, and 422 for transfering files direct to the controller.
I don't know why you are limited to 9600 baud? I can transfer a file from the HDD to the controller at 115000, same with my disk drive.
As far as getting that Gibbs software over there you can take the HDD to a PC shop and they will ghost it for you onto a new HDD for a small fee. I have never done that so I don't know 100% that it will work.
Another thing to consider...you can probably add a CD drive burner right now if you want and ghost the hdd your self.  |