USB ports are
intrinsically much better than any other kind of port
because the others are on the back of the machine, and USB ports are
always on the front (except on some machines).
That should be "except when they're not". I've had a couple of PC
machines where an RS232 port was also on the front along with the USB
connector.
Is it really beyond people here (and others who often swap the devices
plugged into their computer) to make little extension cables that bring
the port conenctors from the back of the machine to somewhere more
accessable?
I have a such a cable ending in a DE9 plug conencted to oen fo the serial
ports on this machien to plug in the cables from my HP handhelds,
interface devices I am designing, etc.
-tony