problem following removal of keyboard (VAXstation 2000)

[Brain in Neutral]

>From article <51457 at felix.UUCP>, by jg at jumbo.dec.com (Jim Gettys):
> Swapping keyboards while power is still applied is a very bad idea, just
> like recabling any part of any computer while power is applied is a bad
> idea.
> 
> ...
> 
> And recabling with power applied is in general asking for trouble.  You
> don't know what might short to what while fiddling with a connector.

I believe it.  On the other hand, *DEC field service* swapped the keyboard
with me, and didn't say anything about powering down!  (Neither of two
different field engineers.)  Yippee!

Yours,
Paul DuBois
dubois at rhesus.primate.wisc.edu	rhesus!dubois
bin at rhesus.primate.wisc.edu	rhesus!bin