> This is also true of simple serial connections, parallel connections,
> anything. If it doesn't say "hot swappable", it isn't, and while the
> danger may be small (I don't know if I've ever actually heard of anyone
> setting their machine on fire by hot-adding a modem to an RS-232 port,
> f'rinstance), it's there, nonetheless.
Just as a warning to those that refuse to understand percentages
I have actually blown the parallel port on an Atari ST by hot
plugging a printer. Shit, as they say, happens :-(.
Mike
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