home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: nyx10.cs.du.edu!not-for-mail
- From: tchun@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Terrence Chun)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: General Q: can a serial device be unplugged?
- Date: 20 Jan 1996 18:01:16 -0700
- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- Message-ID: <4ds38s$va@nyx10.cs.du.edu>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: nyx10.nyx.net
-
- This may seem like a really stupid question, but here goes...
-
- Can a hardware serial device (like a null-modem linked portable) be
- unplugged from the (still-powered) host computer without causing any
- serious damage to the host? Here is a graphical depiction:
-
- ********* **********
- * Amiga *---------:* Laptop * <-- Before
- ********* **********
- (on) (off)
-
- ********* **********
- * Amiga *---------: * Laptop * <-- After
- ********* **********
- (on) (off)
-
- Note that the laptop is off throughout the entire transaction. Also of
- note is fact that RS-232 port on the laptop is entirely plastic, so there
- isn't much chance of causing a short.
-
- Thanks!
-
- -- Terrence Chun
-
-
-