> > > I heard on this list that this may cause hardware damage. I had several > accident of unplugging KB and no problem afterward. (I was not on Compaq > but generic MB)
Talking from experience, you might damage your mb though it is not likely. The only one I've "managed "to fry this way was a Digital Celebris 590. The keyboard controller broke, leaving the rest working but a bit hard to manage... I've hotpluged the keyboard on lots of other computers (using both DIN and PS/2 connectors) without any problem, so I think it's quite (very?) few models that actually break. Regards, Emil