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ADB Hotswapping
Not gonna lie... this thread has taken a direction that I enjoy. 
This is the 21st century... If it sounds too stupid to be done, there is every chance somebody has done it! lol
Kinda like Rule 34... But not pertaining to pr0n in this instance.
If we want specifics.
I have only changed (2) ADB fuses and they were physically blown, as in you could see it.
And they were the earlier Revision SE/30... The shape was round yellow and disk like.. about the size of a dime.
Other wise I haven't had to change any of the other style of fuses.
and have never had to change an ADB controller.
and never had ADB issues with any MB other then with that specific SE/30 RevA's, and that round
disk like fuse they used for a short period of time.
I have re-capped so many boards its just obscene. I wouldn't lie just to prove a point.
Its just fact that i am absolutely correct.
Hot plugging ADB does absolutely nothing to harm your main board other then maybe slow your mouse speed down when you plug it back into the original machine. Witch gets fixed with a reboot.
I have only changed (2) ADB fuses and they were physically blown, as in you could see it.
And they were the earlier Revision SE/30... The shape was round yellow and disk like.. about the size of a dime.
Other wise I haven't had to change any of the other style of fuses.
and have never had to change an ADB controller.
and never had ADB issues with any MB other then with that specific SE/30 RevA's, and that round
disk like fuse they used for a short period of time.
I have re-capped so many boards its just obscene. I wouldn't lie just to prove a point.
Its just fact that i am absolutely correct.
Hot plugging ADB does absolutely nothing to harm your main board other then maybe slow your mouse speed down when you plug it back into the original machine. Witch gets fixed with a reboot.
I think we have to look at it this way. Has anyone blown an ADB device or ADB connection on a logic board by swapping with a system that is powered down?
If the answer is "no", and we have at least anecdotal evidence that it has happened when people tried to hot-swap, we have to accept that hot-swapping does indeed carry some risk above that seen with swapping cords while system is off.
If the answer is "no", and we have at least anecdotal evidence that it has happened when people tried to hot-swap, we have to accept that hot-swapping does indeed carry some risk above that seen with swapping cords while system is off.
I have no qualms about hotswapping ADB. at a MUG event ten years ago, a veteran AASP shop owner compared it to speeding:
"You're not supposed to do it, but pretty much everybody does. The difference is that the Mac probably won't crash."
The only ADB failures he could recall were related to S-VHS/S-Video equipment being connected to the ADB chain.
If I cause damage to a machine by my own actions, I'll admit my stupidity and take responsibility. I take no responsibility if someone else takes this as advice and causes a catastrophic cascading global telecommunications and power grid failure by hot plugging ADB to a toaster.
"You're not supposed to do it, but pretty much everybody does. The difference is that the Mac probably won't crash."
The only ADB failures he could recall were related to S-VHS/S-Video equipment being connected to the ADB chain.
If I cause damage to a machine by my own actions, I'll admit my stupidity and take responsibility. I take no responsibility if someone else takes this as advice and causes a catastrophic cascading global telecommunications and power grid failure by hot plugging ADB to a toaster.
LOL! Live Free and Plug Hot! [] ]'>
] ]'>Here's a link to an ADB 4 way switch currently available on eBay. http://www.ebay.com.au/ulk/itm/252153542078
looks like a reasonable buy too… if you get it, open it up, i am curious as to what is all in there.
Loved the memes. Thanks for the experience share guys, particularly uniserver. If I can get all my Macs operating I should have some fun hotswapping ADB without a care in the world.
The world is a lesser place now.
I successfully hot swapped my ADB keyboard and mouse between my Macintosh II and LC III today. It was great! Then the Mac IIs hard drive died. So all in all, a total fail of a day but at least ADB hot swapping worked!
)] ]'>This thread just keeps on delivering... I love it!
Delivering something.... but what... I havent been able to figure that out.
Lols or internet cancer... one of the two. Maybe even both.
I beat the HDD back into shape, anyway. It's one I've had open before so I wasn't surprised at its unreliability.
It's all fun and games until someone gets an inducted voltage spike in the eye (or the adb port).