Re: What cables can be hot-plugged?

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Oct 9, 3:10 pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> schmidtd wrote:
> > On Oct 9, 2:18 pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> >> Anyone have a list of what cables can be safely hot-plugged?
>
> >> Specifically, I'm interested in knowing about the: joystick port, serial
> >> cable from an SSC, mouse port, and any other similar port.
>
> > I do Serial and ADB all the time.
>
> Really? ADB? You must have a lot of guts. I managed to fry the ADB
> controller chip on a Mac LC by accidentally hot-plugging it.

I have one keyboard with mouse, and a stack of 2 macs and a IIgs; I
just yank the plug and move it to the machine I need to use.  I did it
a lot while I was working on booting the GS over AppleTalk. :-)

there have been various threads about the ADB and hot-plugging over
the years; here's one:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_frm/thread/f84f1a05bbe40769/349adc2bda7d55b2

I remember one thread where there was supposedly a design lifetime of
100 plugs (or so - my memory may be failing me) and someone
apologizing to Woz for doing it so much more.  I can't find that one
just now.