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I think the final limiting condition on important parallel buss hardware will
be the slots they plug into, which is clearly not a software problem.As
the slot type count is growing faster, people will likely soon have better
cause to moan about the hardware, than the software, and start looking
enviously at those who kept older high-end hardware, because it didn't have
that kind of incompatibility to worry about. They could argue that older is
worse, but not really, there has been a magical decade or so where the
frantic IRQ struggles were largely over, before types of PCI and AGP started
proliferating like orphaned bunnies.
I dont understand why things like mice, keyboards, and printers should
be plugged into USB. Ever try running dos on a pc with usb keyboard?
you cant....
I'll stick with serial, parallel ports, and standard keyboard
connectors, and throw in a floppy drive too.