It remains unlikely that we will port our interface over to other controllers. Major headache, tremendous amount of work, very little return. I never say never, but at this time, I see nothing in it for us, other than making some other controller better!
Armor CNC is in the process of working with the owners of Techno CNC to acquire the IP outright, but if we don't, we'll make "techno compatible" PCI-express cards (we're not going to bother with PCI anymore), and rebuild the software around our new controller with the option to allow it to work with the old techno controllers where necessary.
We are seriously considering a package to retrofit machines with Armor electronics. We've already retrofit one of those "import" machines, with new electronics, and it was quite a nice difference. No rats nest of wires, no difficult interface, no software crashing... it worked well! Even down to the handwheel, which could also be used for feed rate override.
The second version of our new controller will support step and direction out, so people could hook it up to steppers, even though I don't like them in precision motion control. Mostly, we're doing it for step servo amps, which i also don't love, but we're not going to be able to ignore that much of the market, and in certain situations, they're good to use.
As far as parts, electronics, etc, Armor CNC will be able to keep all old Techno equipment running, regardless of what breaks, needs replacement or repair.
Sorry I didn't get to this sooner, I forgot to subscribe to my own forum!