41.   The parallel port, which could be used on virtually every PC, was dog-slow.

42.   The nice thing about the scanner is that it plugs into the parallel port, so any notebook or laptop computer can be used to scan material.

43.   The port speed will be three times faster than the parallel port on the computer.

44.   The scanner, about the size of a Polaroid camera, plugs right into the parallel port for your printer.

45.   The scanner plugs into a standard parallel port, eliminating the need to open up the computer and install a special circuit board.

46.   The USB, or Universal Serial Bus, route is considered by many to be easier than configuring the parallel port.

47.   There are labeled ports on the back of the case, making it easier to identify the parallel port and two serial ports, all of them enhanced.

48.   This adapter turns any printer with a parallel port into a wireless printer.

49.   Unfortunately, parallel ports are not good conduits for digital video.

50.   USB solves the parallel port quandary that PC users face when trying to hook up both a scanner and printer to a single parallel port.