How do I link Computers with a serial cable to transfer files?

However, due to the omission of both overlapped and queued feature sets from most real-world parallel ATA products, the preceding paragraph must be clarified. It applies to the data transfer phase, but this is usually the shortest part of a complete read or write operation. Devices do differ markedly in the total time required to perform an I/O (irrespective of the burst data transfer rate), and since only one device on a cable can have an operation in progress at one time, they do affect each others' performance.