10 feet is the maximum length for a parallel cable. 9 or 25-pin male connector. 50 feet is the maximum length for a serial cable. Can connect up to 127 peripheral devices. Data transfer rates of 12 Mbps.
Supports plug and play and hot-swapping.
Used for modem. Used for portable disk drives. The greater the number of pixels, the better resolution. Transmit data over a telephone line. The controller is integrated to the Disk or CD ROM drive.