On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Michael B. Trausch wrote: > On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Maurice Hendrix wrote: > > > > I'm wondering whether the parallelport is "hot-swappable" a la USB. I > > need to know this because I want to setup a PLIP network between my > > server and my laptop. It'd be great if there would be no need to > > shutdown both computers before (dis)connecting the laptop and the > > parallelcable. > > > > Huh? > > AFAIK, you have always been able to "hot swap" items on the parallel port > - so long as you're not physcially disconnecting the actual parallel port > from the motherboard, you are all set, and you can do whatever you want. > I switch my printers around all the time like this. You can do it if you like, but the parallel port is not designed for it, so if it blows up, you have no warranty. Frank > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can reach my website whenever I am online: http://fd0man.myip.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Resistance is futon. Borgie go nap nap now. > > HI! I'm a .signature virus! cp me into your .signature file to help me spread!
