WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to CAROL SHENKENBERGER:

-> Wayne, no interest in ya'all's battle here but on older computers it is
-> quite possible to do what he has said.  For me, it's the floppy drive.

 WC> I'm aware of this.
 WC> I once misaligned leaving two pins outboard of an NEC IDE cable
 WC> frying the motherboard I/O.

 WC> However in the case of the H.P. not only is it impossible to do
 WC> this I put on magnifying glasses and verified pins 39 and 40.
 WC> Pins 1 and 2 markings were obscured by components.

Of the assortment of MBs I have here,  only a fairly small number of them
use shrouded connectors,  which leaves some potential for trouble with the
other ones.  I know that's a fairly cut-throat market,  but I also don't
see the prices being _that_ much different.



 WC> An ex-employer once wired opposite phases of the 240 directly
 WC> together. The exploding transformer was impressive 

From a safe distance,  I hope!

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