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- From: Jeff Grimmett <jgrimm@sdd.hp.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: General Q: can a serial device be unplugged?
- Date: 21 Jan 1996 17:54:52 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company
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- tchun@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Terrence Chun) wrote:
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- >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?
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- Not in the Amiga's case. Just one slip can cause serious damage to your
- serial port's hardware, requiring a repair technician in order to set it
- right.
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