Hi Trev

There is a PS2 port. I have a PS2 mouse but no keyboard. I would have definitely tried that if I had one.

I found a $20 dollar MB on eBay and ordered it. Not a big investment.

I want to get all this CNC stuff up and running to be able to sell it. So the computer does not have to last forever.

Although I am supposed to be retired, being here at the ranch almost full-time, I find myself pretty involved. The aftermath of the hurricane has certainly added to the workload.

I have too many hobbies and need to reduce the complexity. I have really only been using it to cut round holes in aluminum for tube sockets for the most part. Writing Gcode is like playing piano, you need to do it every day to keep up the skills.

I have built all the guitar amps I want. My experiments in solid-state surface-mount electronics just have not been as interesting as messing around with vacuum tube stuff. So...not sure what I will do in the future with all the electronic stuff.

Moving everything I own and have collected over the years has given me a very sobering look at the inadvisability of many of my buying decisions...lol I have come to understand that I don't own all this stuff, it owns me...lol Time to lighten the load!

Billy

www.talking-about-ai.com