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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.
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In-reply-to: Ed.Edell@p1.f563.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG's message of 11 Feb 90 23:37:53 GMT

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