Re: Not heard of PS2 ports being taken out
PCs weren't the only ones affected by touchy peripheral ports. Back in the day, I worked on a project that used Silicon Graphics Onyxes. This refrigerator-sized beast had a custom SGI keyboard connector which was protected by a small fuse inside the computer.
The client's sysadmin for some reason chose to unplug the keyboard and blew the fuse when the plug was reinserted. This system was still under development, but was already running some live content on a major cable television network in the US. Given the continued work on the software, some actual console interaction was necessary.
This of course happened on a Friday afternoon, so the SGI rep was not amused at having an own-goal impinge on his weekend.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
