On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:52 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >>>>> One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. >>>>> Odd. >>>>> >>>> indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. >>> Well, I meant for the serial/parallel chips tho. Surely it can't be >>> hard to at least keep them from blowing their fuse. >> The problem is in the connectors, it's too easy to get a static discharge >> when connecting them. USB has grounded shields over the connectors. >> >> > > > Somewhat off topic, how about a monitor that uses the 15 pin connector? > I try not to do those when something is powered up but have done it a > couple times. Is that one safe to hotplug? I never thought about that > until this came up.
VGA is not hot-pluggable by specification, but DVI and HDMI are hot-pluggable.
