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ZyXEL modem FAQ List v4.2, Nov 20 1995, Part 4 of 5 [Info / IDSN]
Section - I.16 What is the benefit of the using the parallel port?

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Joe Gray (jgray@onramp.net) wrote:
: Brent, what kind of speed difference can I expect between the serial port 
: at 115K  (assume 16550 UARTs) and the parallel port? I know that 
: theoretically the parallel should be faster, but what about in real life? 

brentm@zyxel.com (Brent Mosbrook) writes:
The speed is not the most important factor.. reliability and reduced CPU 
load are the primary reasons to run the parallel driver.


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