help for a newbie

Help!
I am trying to set up my Gecko g201's on my parallel port , and I'm
not having much luck, what am I missing? I am only playing with one
drive for now as I would hate to fry all 3 by doing something stupid,
which I am fully capable of doing!
I asked the question about a wall wart last week, and since then I
have come across an old computer to run turbocnc and to pull my +
5vdc singal from.

I have the all the windings in the correct terminals on the g201, I
don't have anything in the disable terminal 7 at the moment, I am
just trying to get the motor to move for now. Terminal 8 I have
connected to pin 2 on the parallel port cable, terminal 9 to pin 3 on
the parallel port cable, I used a floppy disk drive power connector
to pull my 5 volts from to terminal 10. I took and tied pins 18-25 to
the ground of this same power connector (that may be the problem) I
have a 36k ohm 1/4 watt resistor across terminals 11 and 12. I was
told to set the amperage for about 2.86 amps. When I turn on the
power supply I can feel the motor lock up, but thats it. I did feel t
flinch as the computer booted up. It does have a good bit of holding
torque. I tried to use the fkeybit, but that does not produce
anything. I checked the voltage from the case to terminal 10 and have
about 5.27 volts, I have about .5 volts on terminals 8 and 9.
I have 8 wire bipolar motors with the windings connected in a series.
I'm sure this is either something really easy that I have missed or I
need to be saving my money for another drive!
Thanks for the help!

Kelly Sprayberry