I agree that the parallel port connection will be more work than, e.g., a network connection, I, too, have an older laptop for which it is quite difficult to find suitable hardward expansions. In you situation, if you can't find a suitable ethernet adapter, I'd opt for the serial port. You can even set up your W98 system as a X-terminal and tunnel X over ssh for remote graphical connection to the Linux system. X-Deep-32 is a freely distributed Windoze X-server.
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