| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 10 May 2000 at 09:49:02 |
| Subject: | Re: Hot (un)plugging cables |
Hello James
On 09-May-00, James Luscombe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know that it's dangerous to (un)plug cables in some of my Amiga's
> port, but is that true for *all* ports, or just the ones that have a
> power line? Can I hot (un)plug things like SCSI, or BNC ethernet
> cables?
SCSI is electrically similar to parallel and is dangerous to hot
plug/unplug.
BNC should be safe.
Audio and video would be safe if the RCA phono plug was properly
designed, with the signal breaking contact before the ground. But as the
ground gets disconnected before the signal, it is best not to hot plug
if you can avoid it.
S-Video should be safe.
Regards
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