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- From: scottr@goodnet.com (ScottR)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: General Q: can a serial device be unplugged?
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:53:53 GMT
- Organization: GoodNet, Inc.
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- tchun@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Terrence Chun) wrote:
-
- >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
-
-
- As a PC support guy where I work, I recomend to all the neophites to
- make sure everything is turned off, so a static discharge wont fry
- anything. However, I do it all the time (PC's, Amiga, T102's), and
- haven't fried anything yet.
-
- ScottR
-
-