Re: What are the chances of a Replica II project?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.1060721152114.10477A-100000@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>,
 
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
>> ...ok, it *CAN* be done - with special training.  But "hot plugging"
>> means that the decvice should be insertable, while the unit is
>> powered, by someone *without* special training.
> 
> I managed to "hot plug" every card that came with my first IIe serveral
> times until I found out you aren't supposed to... sometimes ignorance is
> all the protection you need ;-)
> -s
 
I've "hot plugged" cards a few times too, by mistake, on my own Apple II.
Every time the Apple II froze, but after poweroff+poweron it worked OK
again.
 
Does anyone have some real statistics, or other info, about how often
"hot plugging" Apple II peripheral cards actually damaged the hardware?
 
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