I have a D525MW that I was using to drive my PCBMill. It got some chips in the controller box and shorted out the BOB and apparently damaged the parallel port slightly. Other than the parallel port the D525MW seems to run fine. I replaced the BOB in the controller box but it still didn't seem to run correctly. I am not positive whether it is a drive or the parallel port that is damaged. I finished a new controller cabinet for my PCBMill with a Mesa 7i76e. On my PCBMill I am getting lots of read and write error messages with Linuxcnc on my Rpi4 with the 7i76e. On my CNCLathe, I have a Dell Optiplex 330 running a 5i25/7i76 pair. Is it feasible to replace the 5i25/7i76 pair with the 7i76e? I also have a 7c81 mesa card. On my PCBMill could I use the Rpi4 with the 7c81 to drive the 7i76? Do these changes make any sense? I don't want to screw up my CNCLathe, it runs fine right now. However, I would like to get my PCBMill running more reliably.
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