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Check the "accessories" submenu for LinuxCNC stuff, sometimes they end up there.

Mesa is definitely the way to go. It "future proofs" your setup. Swapping machines is easy, latency is less of an issue. If your current machine goes "poof" getting back & running is a simple task.

Tho it really depends on your budget....shipping to the Southern Hemisphere is brutal.

The easiest way, to prevent a total rewire is grab a 7i92T and that can plug into your existing parallel port breakout boards (or more correctly the breakout boards cab plug into the 7i92T). That'll get you going, later if you really feel the need a 7i76 can be plugged into the 7i92T.

I'm running a 7i92,7i76, another card for extra Smart Serial ports an analog smart serial card for the spindle and a 7i73 for the pendant.......Hasn't missed a beat in all the years I've been using them. Worked fine on the dual core J3355B system I used for a bit. Asrock J3355B-ITX. Upgraded to a system with a smaller foot print

Regarding isolating cores, from the dark spells I've read it would seem to isolate the cores on the same die, well that was the recommendations for Intel.

Man I definetly need to take some sleep....

 

It definetly did something this time. Thanks for youre help guys. I was ready to just go back to Estlcam and windows haha.

If I go to Applications -> CNC there are only two options there is Documentation and G-Code Quick Reference. There is no LinuxCNC application does that mean somthing went wrong with the installation? I did a restart same thing.

 

Hallo Joe,
ich bin aus München und habe auch ein 4060 mit Parellelport. Wäre sehr interessiert für so ein Treffen. Auch privat zum Austausch, wenn du Interesse hast kannst du mich anschreiben.

Gruß Jerry