Installing a Serial DB25 PCI Card

Is there a PCI card that is compatible with the Mac Pro that sports a DB25 Serial card? (The connection used on old printers before USB) I need it to be a card, not the USB-to-DB25 solutions, for running CNC machines. I'd only use it while booting Windows with Parallels.
Anyone have a clue?

you can put the card in & use it in windows...
the only thing you might run into is if OS X may not boot if it's installed... but this is usually only the case with unsupported video & SATA cards.
if it's only used in windows & the machine will boot properly to OS X, all should be well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH &Description=DB25+pci
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