CompuServe Messages

Oh no, I won't take it in the wrong way. What I claim or don't claim to know about hardware isn't the issue here… and one thing for certain is that the machine WAS off. Power on or off has _zero_ to do with the zapping of the port due to static. If anything, you could try to prevent a zap of that type by touching a good, solid ground on the machine so that you and it would equalize – again, power on or off isn't the issue, nor is laziness. The issue is that plugging in a dongle can kill your machine; a damn good reason to NEVER plug one in. My embarassment was internal – here's a situation where I swore up and down what a good reliable program it was, and not only did it fail to work, but in doing so, it damaged my machine. "Sure, mom, use _this_" Riiiight. I think you missed thge central point, but I'm not offended or mad or anything; I _like_ these threads! <grin> –Ben–