In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Magnus Danielson writes:

>> This is less of a problem with modern CMOS based interface chips.
>
>Actually, there you end up in another problem, you power the box through the
>protection diodes which you really must have for CMOS. So it is really not so
>much better, just different.

This doesn't happen in any of the designs I've seen.  They basically have 
a FET in series with the line and when the instrument is OFF, it is really
OFF.

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