On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100 I heard the voice of
[EMAIL PROTECTED], and lo! it spake thus:
>
> Keyboard and mouse manufacturers usually give dire warnings about plugging
> in PS/2 devices when the machine is powered up, maybe that's the reason
> why.
I think it's more because the interface isn't really designed
electrically to support hot-plugging. I've cooked motherboards[0] by
hot-plugging keyboards before.
[0] Often I could, after heating up the soldering iron and a trip to
Radio Shack, recover them, but not always.
--
Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/
"The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"
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