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From: "Eric L. Strobel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 6:19 PM
Subject: [Duo2400] Re: finicky minidock...
> on 8/20/00 6:23 PM, Colin Doyle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Are you trying to use the serial cable as a hot swappable one? It's not
> > supposed to be.
> >
>
> What??? That's a new one on me! I've been using Macs for 15 years and
I've
> heard of or seen quite a few weird things, but I never heard of anyone
> trying THAT. (I've seen folks try that trick w/ ADB, though...)
>
> [As an aside, I've thought that was one danger during the transition to
USB,
> namely that novices will get hold of older equipment and trying to
hot-swap
> things on SCSI or serial ports. None of the Mac media seems to adequately
> warn folks that you can't just go 'round hot-swapping things at will.]
>
> No, I was just wondering if this was a known problem with the minidocks or
> if anyone had heard of this as a symptom of some other problem.
>
> thanks.
>
> - Eric.
>
>
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