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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:52 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. |
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>>>> Odd. |
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>>> indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. |
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>> Well, I meant for the serial/parallel chips tho. Surely it can't be |
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>> hard to at least keep them from blowing their fuse. |
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> The problem is in the connectors, it's too easy to get a static discharge |
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> when connecting them. USB has grounded shields over the connectors. |
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Somewhat off topic, how about a monitor that uses the 15 pin connector? |
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I try not to do those when something is powered up but have done it a |
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couple times. Is that one safe to hotplug? I never thought about that |
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until this came up. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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