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From: chymes@geneva.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes)
Subject: Re: What would happen if you put 5 MacIIcx's on the same Desktop Bus?
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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1991 18:05:18 GMT

In article <1991Mar20.043951.11125@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dawg6844@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (<blank>) writes:
>Apple doesn't recommend putting more than 3 items on one adb port.
>Sometimes it doesn't even work with three (!)
>
>connecting macs together through their adb ports is a very bad idea.

What does not work, and what bad things happen?
Is there hardware damage? Why, and what would have to be done to
prevent it?

Charlweed

