> Pretty much only the most expensive laptops have serial and parallel ports
> now. Mine has neither. Most desktops still do (although no floppy disk).

My new laptop is among the top of the line that Dell offers.  It has 4
USB 2.0 ports,
1 USB 1.1 port (???), 1 IEEE.1394 port, 1 PCMCIA slot, built-in modem
and ethernet,
built-in IrDA, VGA/DVI, and S-Video.

What's missing?  Serial, parallel, and PS/2.  Floppy drive, too. 
Sigh.  Oh well.  I
guess it's FTDI chips for me from now on.  

Mike H.

> Cheerful regards,
> 
> Bob
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