[Learning2Machin]

Everyone, thanks for the feedback, it is much appreciated.

Philbobb, please forgive my ignorance, but would you be able to point me to which board I would need to buy from Mesa? I went on their website and it is not clear to me what I would need.

[kstrauss]

Everyone, thanks for the feedback, it is much appreciated.

Philbobb, please forgive my ignorance, but would you be able to point me to which board I would need to buy from Mesa? I went on their website and it is not clear to me what I would need.

You need the Mesa "5I25 Superport FPGA based PCI Anything I/O card" or "6I25 Superport FPGA based PCIE Anything I/O card" depending on your machine's available slots. The card is $109 which reduces the savings of omitting the Tormach computer.

[Learning2Machin]

You need the Mesa "5I25 Superport FPGA based PCI Anything I/O card" or "6I25 Superport FPGA based PCIE Anything I/O card" depending on your machine's available slots. The card is $109 which reduces the savings of omitting the Tormach computer.

Everyone, thanks much for the comments!

Kstrauss, is there an easy way to tell based on my PC which slots are available? That is kind of greek to me. My PC is a Dell Optiplex 755. I am not that savy with PC hardware.

Thanks!

[kstrauss]

Kstrauss, is there an easy way to tell based on my PC which slots are available? That is kind of greek to me. My PC is a Dell Optiplex 755. I am not that savy with PC hardware.

Thanks!

Download the Pathpilot installation document (Direct Document and Software Download | Tormach Inc. providers of personal small CNC machines, CNC tooling, and many more CNC items. ) for detailed instructions/pictures regarding recognizing PCI vs PIC-E slots.