Ken ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I were discussing last week whether ADB peripherals on a Wallstreet PB could be safely hot-swappable. At that time I didn't have any clear-cut references to support my position. I since have run across the following unequivocal notation. I'm offering it so that those that are interested will note that this wasn't just a WAG or merely my opinion (neither of which is worth a whole lot :-)).
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=05941>Apple's PowerBook G3 Series - one of the last machines to ship with ADB ports - enabled hot-swapping of ADB devices, as noted in the developer documentation linked below.
<http://til.info.apple.com/ techinfo.nsf/ artnum/ n30935> <http://developer.apple.com/ techpubs/ hardware/ Developer_ Notes/ Macintosh_ CPUs- G3/ PowerBookG3Series.pdf> <http://til.info.apple.com/ techinfo.nsf/ artnum/ n21042>
Broken links aside...
After paying to have the ADB repaired *TWICE* in our Lombard, aka the 1999 Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series, not much I can say about this issue except, to quote what I was told by the Apple repair guys:
ADB IS NOT HOT SWAPPABLE, PERIOD.
Ymmv. Feel free to live on the edge, and pay the resulting repair bills.
- Dan.
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