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From: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Comm./Modem Port Warning!
Message-ID: <8442@amdcad.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 04:05:06 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 19 04:05:06 1986
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In article <527@decwrl.DEC.COM> harrow@exodus.DEC (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 DTN=226-7445) writes:
>connectors, where, as I attempted to mate them, the grounded portion of the 
>female plug apparently shorted the +5 provided on the modem cable!!!!!
>
>I was lucky in that (apparently, and  hopefully!)  no  damage was done, but 
>***BE CAREFUL***, as I recall reading that the  current  is  NOT limited on 
>these pins.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons that, as I understand, the new MacPlus
does not have the 5 volts on the ports anymore.  Another is that third
party vendors were using that 5 volts to power their products.
-- 
 Jim Budler
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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