Definitely an interesting story, and I&#x27;m loving the other ones that come up in this comment thread.<p>But I have to say the article name is a little overbearing. USB serves the same purpose parallel ports originally did plus more. Yes, devices designed for the parallel port might have trouble playing with modern hardware, but you&#x27;re just as likely if not more to have drivers that don&#x27;t run on modern operating systems and are closed source so you can&#x27;t do anything about it.