From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_victor.MCESTATE.COM)
Date: Thu Nov 11 1999 - 23:14:21 EST
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, David Ross wrote:
> > I think Parallel can do 35k/sec versus the Serial which is
> > 11.5k/sec.
>
> Parallel - especially configured as ECP is a much faster hardware protocol, though some serial ports do allow faster speeds.
> However, one is limited to using software that can talk to a parallel port: DCC
> (which some people have trouble with, and which - on W95 anyway - is unidirectional unless you use
> the 'fool protocol' trick) and commercial stuff like Laplink. As I already wrote, one can establish a
> PPP or other Windows Networking connection over a serial port, including an IR port.
>
> > The parrallel might also make the machine unusable by the
> > person though.
>
> There shouldn't be much or any more overhead with a parallel port connection than with, say, an ethernet connection. When you use
> something like File Manager to copy files, it takes very high priority in the machine, so the faster the connection the sooner you
> get your machine back.
I don't remember but in Win95 on a Compaq Machine which had
LapLink Pro, the computer was slow while it was doing the transfer using
the parallel port.
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