loading LinuxCNC on old smithy 1240

Is the 8I20 powered?

I would have to say yes, if I swap in the disk with the old version SW it works fine

Can you try commenting out that line (line 86) in the hal file
and trying to start LinuxCNC again.

I think possibly some pin names changed over the years

I tried that, then I commented the next 3 lines that failed.
#    setp hm2_5i20.0.stepgen.03.position-scale  [AXIS_3]SCALE
#    setp hm2_5i20.0.stepgen.03.maxaccel        [AXIS_3]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
#    setp hm2_5i20.0.stepgen.03.maxvel          [AXIS_3]STEPGEN_MAXVEL
then it gave following error
./1240combined.hal:191: Pin 'hm2_5i20.0.8i20.0.0.amp_enable' does not exist
I feel like it is missing something and I will be chasing the errors all the way down.
 

Can you post the hal/ini files here?

Here are both files