ADB Hotswapping

[Paralel]

...by hot plugging ADB to a toaster.

I'd be interested in an ADB equipped toaster.

 

[rsolberg]

I'd be interested in an ADB equipped toaster.

I had one, but it's no longer available.

 

[thekhakinator]

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.

 

[Schmoburger]

 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 sir, have won the internet for today,... well... yesterday.

 

[Paralel]

I had one, but it's no longer available.

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The world is a lesser place now.

 

[thekhakinator]

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!

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

I successfully hot swapped my ADB  .  .  .   It was great!

Heh! Forbidden fruit. [)] ]'>

 

[Schmoburger]

Heh! Forbidden fruit. [ ) ]

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!

 

[techknight]

Delivering something.... but what... I havent been able to figure that out. 

 

[Schmoburger]

Lols or internet cancer... one of the two. Maybe even both.

 

[thekhakinator]

I beat the HDD back into shape, anyway. It's one I've had open before so I wasn't surprised at its unreliability. 

 

[johnklos]

You sir, have won the internet for today,... well... yesterday.

I won the Internet once... Ah, those were the days!

 

[trag]

It's all fun and games until someone gets an inducted voltage spike in the eye (or the adb port).

 

[TimHD]

Another ADB switcher ('port juggler'!) is on eBay (re-listed at USD$ if still interested...
 
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-APPLE-Macintosh-PORT-JUGGLER-/391354056702?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6543#shpCntId

 

[techknight]

thats not ADB. thats serial. 

 

[Bunsen]

BTW: Peripherals would be the forum of choice.

Moved.

 

[Dog Cow]

ADB hotswapping: the danger is real. :O

I have done it. Killed the ADB on a Mac LC. Unplugged the keyboard without thinking with power on. 

The keyboard and mouse survived, but the ADB port never worked again on that Mac LC.

 

[uniserver]

Ah that was just dead caps.   i have ADB issues all the time with the LC,   The cap goo ooze runs all over that area and there is a transistor right that that rots up and dies... witch i commonly just fix with a normal cap job.

 

[Elfen]

I have killed several Mac SEs during the 90s hotswapping keyboards. Mice tend to be nice to hotswap and never had a problem with it.

 

[uniserver]

were these customers machines you killed?

I'v never had the luxury of killing anything adb hotswapping,  i have a stack of parts boards a mile high... 

i'd love to blow an ADB port right out... I'd have it fixed in 10 minutes.

I have an AEKII and Apple ADB mouse hooked together... i hot plug the piss out of them.

and enjoy every minute of it.

this is so funny.... was just posted in the Ham Radio FB group...

if you like digital modes you can join my group. ( i just started it )

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1107477789276580/