| From: | Duncan Gibb |
| Date: | 11 May 2000 at 01:37:24 |
| Subject: | Re: Hot (un)plugging cables |
On 10-May-00, Don Cox wrote:
DC> SCSI is electrically similar to parallel and is dangerous to hot
DC> plug/unplug.
Except SCSI/SCA-2, of course, which is specifically designed for that ;-)
DC> BNC should be safe.
Tis.
DC> Audio and video would be safe if the RCA phono plug was properly
DC> designed
DC> S-Video should be safe.
VGA, however, is NOT SAFE. I know this because I once hot-plugged a 1942
monitor from an A2000, burning a track on the A2k motherboard out for about
six inches. Still, a bit of soldering and Paxtron didn't complain...
I also blew one of the onboard fuses on my A2k playing with stuff that draws
power from the joystick port. I believe A4ks are protected from this
stupidity, but not sure about the 1200.
Duncan
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