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Article #46283Re: Apple Extended Keyboard Pr
From: Tim Butler
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1990 02:44
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1990 02:44
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In article <41146.25D6F6AC@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Ed.Edell@p1.f563.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Ed Edell) writes: > > I've been told by an Apple service tech that this is a really hazardous > > thing to do. Sez he sees Macs all the time with blown ADB ports > > resulting from plugging and unplugging ADB devices while the machine > > is on. Probably best to power down before attempting to mess with > > ADB connections. > > Well, I make sure things are lined up right ... -Ed I don't think lining things up is the problem. The connecting is to a bus that has addresses. If you plug something in while it is on, it is supposedly going to have addressing problems. It would seem that just sticking it back in after it fell out wouldn't cause a problem, but rebooting doesn't take that long. -Tim (I am by no means a hardware expert, I am just remembering what I've read) Tim Butler (tbutler@wpi.wpi.edu) Teaching Assistant HL 103b ext.5424 Department of Mechanical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!husc6!m2c!wpi!tbutler From: tbutler@wpi.wpi.edu (Tim Butler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple Extended Keyboard Pr Message-ID: <8324@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 15 Feb 90 02:44:44 GMT References: <41146.25D6F6AC@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. Lines: 26 In-reply-to: Ed.Edell@p1.f563.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG's message of 11 Feb 90 23:37:53 GMT