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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:51:49 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>> > Plus, aren't you supposed to only unplug/plug a serial cable when |
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>it |
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>> > is off? I'm not sure if they are sensitive to that but pretty sure |
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>> > they were a long time ago. |
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>> Not sure about Serial, I always did even when switched on when using |
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>> external modems in the past and never did have a problem there. |
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>You were lucky, it's like forgetting to look when you cross the road. |
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>Getting away with it once doesn't mean it is safe. |
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>Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because |
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>I'd |
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>got away with it before. |
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>Neil Bothwick |
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>I'm Pink, Therefore I'm Spam |
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Probably. |
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Don't have any serial devices anymore. Don't even bother plugging in serial port brackets either on mainboards that support it either. |
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All the devices I have with a serial port (switches/ups) can also be configured using a network interface :) |
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