-> They also have one big disadvantage: the parallel port does not carry
-> meaning that it will generate up to sixteen times more interrupts at
-> a given data rate when compared to a serial modem on a 16550.
With a parallel port taking in a whole byte at a time, it would do 1/8th
as many interrupt requests as a serial port (except for the FIFO buffer
being used and set to max, which often causes problems, and then it
would be 2 for one).
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