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.