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Yes it will run happily from a parallel port and I use that on my ancient laptop. As the port is long obsolete future versions of RC may well discontinue it so be careful if you update it an any time and check whether it still does. The current version is OK in that regard.

Arduino control is the way to go in the future as it offers a lot more functions but that is a whole different can of worms.

If you have any questions/problems with initial set up then feel free to ask, there are several resident experts in the system on here.